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@@ -160,6 +160,11 @@ Currently, we recommend that you build epydoc from the trunk::
cd epydoc/src
sudo python setup.py install
+Since we use reST-formatted docstrings instead of the epytext markup, you will
+need to include the following line near the top of your module::
+
+ __docformat__ = "restructuredtext en"
+
The appearance of some elements can be changed in the epydoc.css
style sheet.