From d540903ee77e81dd1ec3dec744273fbb394238fa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: BurdetteLamar <burdettelamar@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2025 12:45:36 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] [DOC] Harmonize <= methods

---
 compar.c  | 11 ++++++++---
 hash.c    |  5 ++---
 numeric.c |  9 +++++----
 3 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/compar.c b/compar.c
index c577e4741f..eda7e83824 100644
--- a/compar.c
+++ b/compar.c
@@ -141,10 +141,15 @@ cmp_lt(VALUE x, VALUE y)
 
 /*
  *  call-seq:
- *     obj <= other    -> true or false
+ *    self <= other -> true or false
+ *
+ *  Returns whether +self+ is "less than or equal to" +other+;
+ *  equivalent to <tt>(self <=> other) <= 0</tt>:
+ *
+ *    'foo' <= 'foo'  # => true
+ *    'foo' <= 'food' # => true
+ *    'food' <= 'foo' # => false
  *
- *  Compares two objects based on the receiver's <code><=></code>
- *  method, returning true if it returns a value less than or equal to 0.
  */
 
 static VALUE
diff --git a/hash.c b/hash.c
index 9e1555518e..3669f55d50 100644
--- a/hash.c
+++ b/hash.c
@@ -4888,10 +4888,9 @@ hash_le(VALUE hash1, VALUE hash2)
 
 /*
  *  call-seq:
- *    self <= other_hash -> true or false
+ *    self <= other -> true or false
  *
- *  Returns +true+ if the entries of +self+ are a subset of the entries of +other_hash+,
- *  +false+ otherwise:
+ *  Returns whether the entries of +self+ are a subset of the entries of +other+:
  *
  *    h0 = {foo: 0, bar: 1}
  *    h1 = {foo: 0, bar: 1, baz: 2}
diff --git a/numeric.c b/numeric.c
index 3e770ceed3..a71060c55d 100644
--- a/numeric.c
+++ b/numeric.c
@@ -1738,7 +1738,8 @@ flo_lt(VALUE x, VALUE y)
  *  call-seq:
  *    self <= other -> true or false
  *
- *  Returns +true+ if +self+ is numerically less than or equal to +other+:
+ *  Returns whether the value of +self+ is less than or equal to the value of +other+;
+ *  +other+ must be numeric, but may not be Complex:
  *
  *    2.0 <= 3              # => true
  *    2.0 <= 3.0            # => true
@@ -5081,10 +5082,10 @@ fix_le(VALUE x, VALUE y)
 
 /*
  * call-seq:
- *    self <= real -> true or false
+ *    self <= other -> true or false
  *
- *  Returns +true+ if the value of +self+ is less than or equal to
- *  that of +other+:
+ * Returns whether the value of +self+ is less than or equal to the value of +other+;
+ * +other+ must be numeric, but may not be Complex:
  *
  *    1 <= 0              # => false
  *    1 <= 1              # => true