From 4d52aeda20989725dfda576222f1fb2ff27ea3a3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Managor <42655600+Managor@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2025 18:40:02 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] style-guide: clarify placeholders (#15807)

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 contributing-guides/style-guide.md | 7 +------
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/contributing-guides/style-guide.md b/contributing-guides/style-guide.md
index 8ca22afe31..19a9a092ac 100644
--- a/contributing-guides/style-guide.md
+++ b/contributing-guides/style-guide.md
@@ -484,12 +484,7 @@ Keep the following guidelines in mind when choosing placeholders:
 
 - If a command can optionally take 1 or more arguments of the same kind, use an ellipsis: `{{placeholder1 placeholder2 ...}}`.
   For instance, if multiple paths are expected, use `{{path/to/directory1 path/to/directory2 ...}}`.
-- If a command can optionally take 1 or more arguments of different kinds, use an ellipsis: `{{placeholder1|placeholder2|...}}`.
-  If there are more than 5 possible values, you can use `|...` after the last item.
-- It's impossible to restrict the minimum or (and) maximum placeholder count via `ellipsis`.
-
-It's up to the program to decide how to handle duplicating values, provided syntax
-tells no info about whether items are mutually exclusive or not.
+- If only one of the multiple options is possible, write it as: `{{placeholder1|placeholder2|placeholder3}}`. If there are more than 4 possible values, you can use `|...` after the last item.
 
 #### Optional placeholders