| # Style guide | |
| The following sections describe the preferred style for English prose in the Reference. | |
| ## Wording | |
| Use American English spelling. | |
| Avoid qualifying something as "in Rust"; the entire Reference is about Rust. | |
| ## Punctuation | |
| Use Oxford commas. | |
| Avoid slashes for alternatives ("program/binary"); use a conjunction or rewrite the phrase ("program or binary"). |