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1 files changed, 8 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/ruby.html.markdown b/ruby.html.markdown
index 792c9c95..66a0774d 100644
--- a/ruby.html.markdown
+++ b/ruby.html.markdown
@@ -79,10 +79,14 @@ true && false #=> false
true || false #=> true
!true #=> false
-# Alternate spellings of logical operators
-true and false #=> false
-true or false #=> true
-not true #=> false
+# There are alternate versions of the logical operators with much lower
+# precedence. These are meant to be used as flow-control constructs to chain
+# statements together until one of them returns true or false.
+
+# `do_something_else` only called if `do_something` succeeds.
+do_something() and do_something_else()
+# `log_error` only called if `do_something` fails.
+do_something() or log_error()
# Strings are objects