Minor fixes in docs and doc's code style (#1361)

docs/source/community.rst

@@ -20,11 +20,12 @@ Gunicorn users.
 The archive for this list can also be `browsed online
 <http://lists.gunicorn.org/user>`_ .
 
-Irc
+IRC
 ===
 
 The Gunicorn channel is on the `Freenode <http://freenode.net/>`_ IRC
-network. You can chat with other on `#gunicorn channel <http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=gunicorn>`_.
+network. You can chat with other on `#gunicorn channel
+<http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=gunicorn>`_.
 
 Issue Tracking
 ==============

docs/source/custom.rst

@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ Custom Application
 Sometimes, you want to integrate Gunicorn with your WSGI application. In this
 case, you can inherit from :class:`gunicorn.app.base.BaseApplication`.
 
-Here is a small example where we create a very small WSGI app and load it with a
+Here is a small example where we create a very small WSGI app and load it with
-custom Application:
+a custom Application:
 
 .. literalinclude:: ../../examples/standalone_app.py
     :lines: 11-60

docs/source/deploy.rst

@@ -105,11 +105,11 @@ Monitoring
 ==========
 
 .. note::
-    Make sure that when using either of these service monitors you do not
+   Make sure that when using either of these service monitors you do not
-    enable the Gunicorn's daemon mode. These monitors expect that the process
+   enable the Gunicorn's daemon mode. These monitors expect that the process
-    they launch will be the process they need to monitor. Daemonizing
+   they launch will be the process they need to monitor. Daemonizing will
-    will fork-exec which creates an unmonitored process and generally just
+   fork-exec which creates an unmonitored process and generally just
-    confuses the monitor services.
+   confuses the monitor services.
 
 Gaffer
 ------
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ Create a ``Procfile`` in your project::
 
 You can launch any other applications that should be launched at the same time.
 
-Then you can start your Gunicorn application using Gaffer_.::
+Then you can start your Gunicorn application using Gaffer_::
 
     gaffer start
 
@@ -188,8 +188,10 @@ Another useful tool to monitor and control Gunicorn is Supervisor_. A
 
 Upstart
 -------
+
 Using Gunicorn with upstart is simple. In this example we will run the app
-"myapp" from a virtualenv. All errors will go to /var/log/upstart/myapp.log.
+"myapp" from a virtualenv. All errors will go to
+``/var/log/upstart/myapp.log``.
 
 **/etc/init/myapp.conf**::
 
@@ -320,9 +322,14 @@ utility::
 
     kill -USR1 $(cat /var/run/gunicorn.pid)
 
-.. note:: overriding the LOGGING dictionary requires to set `disable_existing_loggers: False`` to not interfere with the Gunicorn logging.
+.. note::
+   Overriding the ``LOGGING`` dictionary requires to set
+   ``disable_existing_loggers: False`` to not interfere with the Gunicorn
+   logging.
 
-.. warning:: Gunicorn error log is here to log errors from Gunicorn, not from another application.
+.. warning::
+   Gunicorn error log is here to log errors from Gunicorn, not from another
+   application.
 
 .. _Nginx: http://www.nginx.org
 .. _Hey: https://github.com/rakyll/hey

docs/source/design.rst

@@ -67,17 +67,18 @@ Choosing a Worker Type
 
 The default synchronous workers assume that your application is resource-bound
 in terms of CPU and network bandwidth. Generally this means that your
-application shouldn't do anything that takes an undefined amount of time. An example
+application shouldn't do anything that takes an undefined amount of time. An
-of something that takes an undefined amount of time is a request to the internet.
+example of something that takes an undefined amount of time is a request to the
-At some point the external network will fail in such a way that clients will pile up on your
+internet. At some point the external network will fail in such a way that
-servers. So, in this sense, any web application which makes outgoing requests to
+clients will pile up on your servers. So, in this sense, any web application
-APIs will benefit from an asynchronous worker.
+which makes outgoing requests to APIs will benefit from an asynchronous worker.
 
-This resource bound assumption is why we require a buffering proxy in front of a
+This resource bound assumption is why we require a buffering proxy in front of
-default configuration Gunicorn. If you exposed synchronous workers to the
+a default configuration Gunicorn. If you exposed synchronous workers to the
 internet, a DOS attack would be trivial by creating a load that trickles data to
 the servers. For the curious, Hey_ is an example of this type of load.
 
+
 Some examples of behavior requiring asynchronous workers:
 
   * Applications making long blocking calls (Ie, external web services)
@@ -105,8 +106,8 @@ optimal number of workers. Our recommendation is to start with the above guess
 and tune using TTIN and TTOU signals while the application is under load.
 
 Always remember, there is such a thing as too many workers. After a point your
-worker processes will start thrashing system resources decreasing the throughput
+worker processes will start thrashing system resources decreasing the
-of the entire system.
+throughput of the entire system.
 
 How Many Threads?
 ===================
@@ -119,13 +120,14 @@ system, using multiple threads, multiple worker processes, or some mixture, may
 yield the best results. For example, CPython may not perform as well as Jython
 when using threads, as threading is implemented differently by each. Using
 threads instead of processes is a good way to reduce the memory footprint of
-Gunicorn, while still allowing for application upgrades using the reload signal,
+Gunicorn, while still allowing for application upgrades using the reload
-as the application code will be shared among workers but loaded only in the
+signal, as the application code will be shared among workers but loaded only in
-worker processes (unlike when using the preload setting, which loads the code in
+the worker processes (unlike when using the preload setting, which loads the
-the master process).
+code in the master process).
 
-.. note:: Under Python 2.x, you need to install the 'futures' package to use
+.. note::
-   this feature.
+   Under Python 2.x, you need to install the 'futures' package to use this 
+   feature.
 
 .. _Greenlets: https://github.com/python-greenlet/greenlet
 .. _Eventlet: http://eventlet.net

docs/source/faq.rst

@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ Read the :ref:`design` page for help on the various worker types.
 What types of workers are there?
 --------------------------------
 
-Check out the configuration docs for worker_class_
+Check out the configuration docs for worker_class_.
 
 How can I figure out the best number of worker processes?
 ---------------------------------------------------------
@@ -94,11 +94,11 @@ Does Gunicorn suffer from the thundering herd problem?
 The thundering herd problem occurs when many sleeping request handlers, which
 may be either threads or processes, wake up at the same time to handle a new
 request. Since only one handler will receive the request, the others will have
-been awakened for no reason, wasting CPU cycles. At this time, Gunicorn does not
+been awakened for no reason, wasting CPU cycles. At this time, Gunicorn does
-implement any IPC solution for coordinating between worker processes. You may
+not implement any IPC solution for coordinating between worker processes. You
-experience high load due to this problem when using many workers or threads.
+may experience high load due to this problem when using many workers or
-However `a work has been started <https://github.com/benoitc/gunicorn/issues/792>`_
+threads. However `a work has been started
-to remove this issue.
+<https://github.com/benoitc/gunicorn/issues/792>`_ to remove this issue.
 
 .. _worker_class: settings.html#worker-class
 .. _`number of workers`: design.html#how-many-workers
@@ -113,8 +113,8 @@ In version R20, Gunicorn logs to the console by default again.
 Kernel Parameters
 =================
 
-When dealing with large numbers of concurrent connections there are a handful of
+When dealing with large numbers of concurrent connections there are a handful
-kernel parameters that you might need to adjust. Generally these should only
+of kernel parameters that you might need to adjust. Generally these should only
 affect sites with a very large concurrent load. These parameters are not
 specific to Gunicorn, they would apply to any sort of network server you may be
 running.
@@ -137,8 +137,8 @@ How can I increase the maximum socket backlog?
 ----------------------------------------------
 
 Listening sockets have an associated queue of incoming connections that are
-waiting to be accepted. If you happen to have a stampede of clients that fill up
+waiting to be accepted. If you happen to have a stampede of clients that fill
-this queue new connections will eventually start getting dropped.
+up this queue new connections will eventually start getting dropped.
 
 ::
 

docs/source/signals.rst

@@ -68,8 +68,8 @@ upgrading to a new version or adding/removing server modules), you can
 do it without any service downtime - no incoming requests will be
 lost. Preloaded applications will also be reloaded.
 
-First, replace the old binary with a new one, then send the **USR2** signal to the
+First, replace the old binary with a new one, then send the **USR2** signal to
-master process. It executes a new binary whose .pid file is
+the master process. It executes a new binary whose .pid file is
 postfixed with .2 (e.g. /var/run/gunicorn.pid.2),
 which in turn starts a new master process and the new worker processes::
 
@@ -89,14 +89,17 @@ incoming requests together. To phase the old instance out, you have to
 send the **WINCH** signal to the old master process, and its worker
 processes will start to gracefully shut down.
 
-At this point you can still revert to the old server because it hasn't closed its listen sockets yet, by following these steps:
+At this point you can still revert to the old server because it hasn't closed
+its listen sockets yet, by following these steps:
 
-- Send the HUP signal to the old master process - it will start the worker processes without reloading a configuration file
+- Send the HUP signal to the old master process - it will start the worker
-- Send the TERM signal to the new master process to gracefully shut down its worker processes
+  processes without reloading a configuration file
+- Send the TERM signal to the new master process to gracefully shut down its
+  worker processes
 - Send the QUIT signal to the new master process to force it quit
 
-If for some reason the new worker processes do not quit, send the KILL signal to
+If for some reason the new worker processes do not quit, send the KILL signal
-them after the new master process quits, and everything is exactly as before
+to them after the new master process quits, and everything is exactly as before
 the upgrade attempt.
 
 If an update is successful and you want to keep the new server, send

gunicorn/config.py

@@ -647,7 +647,7 @@ class WorkerThreads(Setting):
         You'll want to vary this a bit to find the best for your particular
         application's work load.
 
-        If it is not defined, the default is 1.
+        If it is not defined, the default is ``1``.
         """