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@@ -19,8 +19,7 @@ are all set up this way. An example of such a method:
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     recipients recipient
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     subject    "[Signed up] Welcome #{recipient}"
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     from       "system@loudthinking.com"
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-
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-    body(:recipient => recipient)
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+    body       :recipient => recipient
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   end
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 The body of the email is created by using an Action View template (regular
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@@ -91,13 +90,13 @@ a limited number of email.
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 The Base class has the full list of configuration options. Here's an example:
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-ActionMailer::Base.smtp_settings = {
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-  :address=>'smtp.yourserver.com',    # default: localhost
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-  :port=>'25',                        # default: 25
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-  :user_name=>'user',
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-  :password=>'pass',
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-  :authentication=>:plain             # :plain, :login or :cram_md5
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-}
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+  ActionMailer::Base.smtp_settings = {
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+    :address        => 'smtp.yourserver.com', # default: localhost
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+    :port           => '25',                  # default: 25
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+    :user_name      => 'user',
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+    :password       => 'pass',
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+    :authentication => :plain                 # :plain, :login or :cram_md5
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+  }
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 == Dependencies
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@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ module ActionMailer #:nodoc:
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   # * <tt>subject</tt> - The subject of your email. Sets the <tt>Subject:</tt> header.
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   # * <tt>from</tt> - Who the email you are sending is from. Sets the <tt>From:</tt> header.
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   # * <tt>cc</tt> - Takes one or more email addresses. These addresses will receive a carbon copy of your email. Sets the <tt>Cc:</tt> header.
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-  # * <tt>bcc</tt> - Takes one or more email address. These addresses will receive a blind carbon copy of your email. Sets the <tt>Bcc</tt> header.
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+  # * <tt>bcc</tt> - Takes one or more email address. These addresses will receive a blind carbon copy of your email. Sets the <tt>Bcc:</tt> header.
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   # * <tt>sent_on</tt> - The date on which the message was sent. If not set, the header wil be set by the delivery agent.
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   # * <tt>content_type</tt> - Specify the content type of the message. Defaults to <tt>text/plain</tt>.
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   # * <tt>headers</tt> - Specify additional headers to be set for the message, e.g. <tt>headers 'X-Mail-Count' => 107370</tt>.
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@@ -127,11 +127,11 @@ module ActionMailer #:nodoc:
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   #
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   #   class MyMailer < ActionMailer::Base
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   #     def signup_notification(recipient)
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-  #       recipients recipient.email_address_with_name
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-  #       subject    "New account information"
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-  #       body       "account" => recipient
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-  #       from       "system@example.com"
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-  #       content_type "text/html"   #    Here's where the magic happens
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+  #       recipients   recipient.email_address_with_name
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+  #       subject      "New account information"
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+  #       from         "system@example.com"
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+  #       body         :account => recipient
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+  #       content_type "text/html"
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   #     end
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   #   end  
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   #
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@@ -145,6 +145,7 @@ module ActionMailer #:nodoc:
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   #       recipients      recipient.email_address_with_name
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   #       subject         "New account information"
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   #       from            "system@example.com"
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+  #       content_type    "multipart/alternative"
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   #
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   #       part :content_type => "text/html",
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   #         :body => render_message("signup-as-html", :account => recipient)
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@@ -167,9 +168,14 @@ module ActionMailer #:nodoc:
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   # * signup_notification.text.x-yaml.erb
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   #  
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   # Each would be rendered and added as a separate part to the message,
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-  # with the corresponding content type. The same body hash is passed to
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-  # each template.
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+  # with the corresponding content type. The content type for the entire
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+  # message is automatically set to <tt>multipart/alternative</tt>, which indicates
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+  # that the email contains multiple different representations of the same email
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+  # body. The same body hash is passed to each template.
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   #
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+  # Implicit template rendering is not performed if any attachments or parts have been added to the email.
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+  # This means that you'll have to manually add each part to the email and set the content type of the email
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+  # to <tt>multipart/alternative</tt>.
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   #
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   # = Attachments
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   #
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@@ -210,11 +216,11 @@ module ActionMailer #:nodoc:
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   #   * <tt>:user_name</tt> - If your mail server requires authentication, set the username in this setting.
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   #   * <tt>:password</tt> - If your mail server requires authentication, set the password in this setting.
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   #   * <tt>:authentication</tt> - If your mail server requires authentication, you need to specify the authentication type here. 
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-  #     This is a symbol and one of <tt>:plain</tt>, <tt>:login</tt>, <tt>:cram_md5</tt>
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+  #     This is a symbol and one of <tt>:plain</tt>, <tt>:login</tt>, <tt>:cram_md5</tt>.
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   #
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-  # * <tt>sendmail_settings</tt> - Allows you to override options for the <tt>:sendmail</tt> delivery method
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-  #   * <tt>:location</tt> - The location of the sendmail executable, defaults to "/usr/sbin/sendmail"
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-  #   * <tt>:arguments</tt> - The command line arguments
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+  # * <tt>sendmail_settings</tt> - Allows you to override options for the <tt>:sendmail</tt> delivery method.
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+  #   * <tt>:location</tt> - The location of the sendmail executable. Defaults to <tt>/usr/sbin/sendmail</tt>.
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+  #   * <tt>:arguments</tt> - The command line arguments. Defaults to <tt>-i -t</tt>.
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   #
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   # * <tt>raise_delivery_errors</tt> - Whether or not errors should be raised if the email fails to be delivered.
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   #
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@@ -227,16 +233,16 @@ module ActionMailer #:nodoc:
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   #   for unit and functional testing.
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   #
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   # * <tt>default_charset</tt> - The default charset used for the body and to encode the subject. Defaults to UTF-8. You can also 
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-  #   pick a different charset from inside a method with <tt>@charset</tt>.
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+  #   pick a different charset from inside a method with +charset+.
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   # * <tt>default_content_type</tt> - The default content type used for the main part of the message. Defaults to "text/plain". You
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-  #   can also pick a different content type from inside a method with <tt>@content_type</tt>. 
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-  # * <tt>default_mime_version</tt> - The default mime version used for the message. Defaults to "1.0". You
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-  #   can also pick a different value from inside a method with <tt>@mime_version</tt>.
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+  #   can also pick a different content type from inside a method with +content_type+. 
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+  # * <tt>default_mime_version</tt> - The default mime version used for the message. Defaults to <tt>1.0</tt>. You
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+  #   can also pick a different value from inside a method with +mime_version+.
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   # * <tt>default_implicit_parts_order</tt> - When a message is built implicitly (i.e. multiple parts are assembled from templates
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   #   which specify the content type in their filenames) this variable controls how the parts are ordered. Defaults to
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-  #   ["text/html", "text/enriched", "text/plain"]. Items that appear first in the array have higher priority in the mail client
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+  #   <tt>["text/html", "text/enriched", "text/plain"]</tt>. Items that appear first in the array have higher priority in the mail client
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   #   and appear last in the mime encoded message. You can also pick a different order from inside a method with
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-  #   <tt>@implicit_parts_order</tt>.
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+  #   +implicit_parts_order+.
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   class Base
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     include AdvAttrAccessor, PartContainer
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     include ActionController::UrlWriter if Object.const_defined?(:ActionController)