Merge pull request #10220 from darcymeyer/docs_clarification

charris · web-flow · commit 4655d5b96e16 · 2017-12-22T09:59:04.000-07:00
DOC: clarify that np.absolute == np.abs
diff --git a/numpy/core/code_generators/ufunc_docstrings.py b/numpy/core/code_generators/ufunc_docstrings.py
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ def add_newdoc(place, name, doc):
     """
     Calculate the absolute value element-wise.
 
+    ``np.abs`` is a shorthand for this function.
+
     Parameters
     ----------
     x : array_like
