Use autodoc a bit more

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/pygments/__init__.py b/pygments/__init__.py
index 7078c45d..afd36682 100644
--- a/pygments/__init__.py
+++ b/pygments/__init__.py
@@ -34,7 +34,9 @@ __all__ = ['lex', 'format', 'highlight']
 
 def lex(code, lexer):
     """
-    Lex ``code`` with ``lexer`` and return an iterable of tokens.
+    Lex `code` with the `lexer` (must be a `Lexer` instance)
+    and return an iterable of tokens. Currently, this only calls
+    `lexer.get_tokens()`.
     """
     try:
         return lexer.get_tokens(code)
@@ -49,11 +51,12 @@ def lex(code, lexer):
 
 def format(tokens, formatter, outfile=None):  # pylint: disable=redefined-builtin
     """
-    Format a tokenlist ``tokens`` with the formatter ``formatter``.
+    Format ``tokens`` (an iterable of tokens) with the formatter ``formatter``
+    (a `Formatter` instance).
 
-    If ``outfile`` is given and a valid file object (an object
-    with a ``write`` method), the result will be written to it, otherwise
-    it is returned as a string.
+    If ``outfile`` is given and a valid file object (an object with a
+    ``write`` method), the result will be written to it, otherwise it
+    is returned as a string.
     """
     try:
         if not outfile:
@@ -73,10 +76,7 @@ def format(tokens, formatter, outfile=None):  # pylint: disable=redefined-builti
 
 def highlight(code, lexer, formatter, outfile=None):
     """
-    Lex ``code`` with ``lexer`` and format it with the formatter ``formatter``.
-
-    If ``outfile`` is given and a valid file object (an object
-    with a ``write`` method), the result will be written to it, otherwise
-    it is returned as a string.
+    This is the most high-level highlighting function. It combines `lex` and
+    `format` in one function.
     """
     return format(lex(code, lexer), formatter, outfile)