From 017e40f73369d79e9beb3191d6fa8f7ac76c4b21 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rob Ede <robjtede@icloud.com>
Date: Sat, 23 Apr 2022 21:02:24 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] update optional extractor impl docs

---
 actix-web/src/extract.rs | 9 +++++----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/actix-web/src/extract.rs b/actix-web/src/extract.rs
index 1b2f0bd1..7d187c90 100644
--- a/actix-web/src/extract.rs
+++ b/actix-web/src/extract.rs
@@ -80,9 +80,9 @@ pub trait FromRequest: Sized {
     }
 }
 
-/// Optionally extract a field from the request
+/// Optionally extract from the request.
 ///
-/// If the FromRequest for T fails, return None rather than returning an error response
+/// If the inner `T::from_request` returns an error, handler will receive `None` instead.
 ///
 /// # Examples
 /// ```
@@ -167,9 +167,10 @@ where
     }
 }
 
-/// Optionally extract a field from the request or extract the Error if unsuccessful
+/// Extract from the request, passing error type through to handler.
 ///
-/// If the `FromRequest` for T fails, inject Err into handler rather than returning an error response
+/// If the inner `T::from_request` returns an error, allow handler to receive the error rather than
+/// immediately returning an error response.
 ///
 /// # Examples
 /// ```