diff --git a/src/doc/trpl/error-handling.md b/src/doc/trpl/error-handling.md index 8dd5a3650ef52..518e65f35c008 100644 --- a/src/doc/trpl/error-handling.md +++ b/src/doc/trpl/error-handling.md @@ -208,8 +208,8 @@ Because these kinds of situations are relatively rare, use panics sparingly. In certain circumstances, even though a function may fail, we may want to treat it as a panic instead. For example, `io::stdin().read_line(&mut buffer)` returns -a `Result`, when there is an error reading the line. This allows us to -handle and possibly recover from error. +a `Result`, which can indicate an error if one occurs when reading the line. +This allows us to handle and possibly recover from errors. If we don't want to handle this error, and would rather just abort the program, we can use the `unwrap()` method: