Issue #19914 has been updated by nobu (Nobuyoshi Nakada). Status changed from Open to Feedback It has been documented. https://github.com/ruby/rdoc/blob/master/lib/rdoc/parser/ruby.rb#L141-L142
Note that by default, the :method: directive will be ignored if there is a standard rdocable item following it.
---------------------------------------- Bug #19914: RDoc :method: directives swallowed by immediate private keyword https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/19914#change-104848 * Author: zzak (zzak _) * Status: Feedback * Priority: Normal * Backport: 3.0: UNKNOWN, 3.1: UNKNOWN, 3.2: UNKNOWN ---------------------------------------- @jonathanhefner Recently discovered this bug in RDoc and fixed it in Rails, so I'm reporting it here on their behalf. Examples: * https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/c8b3642eded5a25ee5cc11c48395bed05f9242... * https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/4726b1ab4780a8d8033130165eb1628286935d... -- https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/