# \`Nothing\` wrong documentation

**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/nothing-wrong-documentation/14107
**Category:** New to Julia
**Tags:** proposal
**Created:** [August 27, 2018, 5:06am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/nothing-wrong-documentation/14107 "2018-08-27T05:06:30Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author: ![tomtom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/tomtom/32/5106_2.png) [@tomtom](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/tomtom)
#### Post date: [August 27, 2018, 5:06am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/nothing-wrong-documentation/14107/1 "2018-08-27T05:06:30Z")

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```julia
julia> typeof(nothing)
Nothing

julia> typeof(Nothing)
DataType

help?> Nothing
search: Nothing nothing

  Nothing

  A type with no fields that is the type nothing.

```

I guess, for the docs of `Nothing`, it should read:

A type with no fields _with the singleton instance nothing_.

or simply:

A type with no fields that is the type **_of_** nothing.

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### Author: ![Tamas\_Papp](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/tamas_papp/32/25949_2.png) [@Tamas\_Papp](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Tamas_Papp)
#### Post date: [August 27, 2018, 6:00am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/nothing-wrong-documentation/14107/2 "2018-08-27T06:00:20Z")

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Please consider making a PR, or at least opening an issue. [Documentation PR](https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#improving-documentation)s are particularly easy to make.

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### Author: ![fredrikekre](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/fredrikekre/32/1688_2.png) [@fredrikekre](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/fredrikekre)
#### Post date: [August 27, 2018, 6:22am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/nothing-wrong-documentation/14107/3 "2018-08-27T06:22:15Z")

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Yes, please make a PR! Relevant line to update is [julia/basedocs.jl at a2a1506b6e4174e4dc2489b04dece3b7d66c973d · JuliaLang/julia · GitHub](https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/blob/a2a1506b6e4174e4dc2489b04dece3b7d66c973d/base/docs/basedocs.jl#L795)

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### Author: ![tomtom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/tomtom/32/5106_2.png) [@tomtom](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/tomtom)
#### Post date: [August 27, 2018, 7:59am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/nothing-wrong-documentation/14107/4 "2018-08-27T07:59:30Z")

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thanks.

will do … (need to learn GitHub 😣)

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### Author: ![Tamas\_Papp](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/tamas_papp/32/25949_2.png) [@Tamas\_Papp](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Tamas_Papp)
#### Post date: [August 27, 2018, 8:58am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/nothing-wrong-documentation/14107/5 "2018-08-27T08:58:30Z")

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> [@tomtom](#):
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> need to learn GitHub 😣

Thanks for tackling this. I think that learning about git (& Github) is an investment that really pays off if you are using Julia.