From 91142f929672ce8dab94dbb45755c40f44107b73 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alex Martini Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2025 15:23:06 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Clarify wording for unwrapping The optional is what has an underlying value, but the previous noun mentioned was the nil value. Co-authored-by: Adarsh Narayan Pandey --- TSPL.docc/LanguageGuide/TheBasics.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/TSPL.docc/LanguageGuide/TheBasics.md b/TSPL.docc/LanguageGuide/TheBasics.md index 6f22337f5..d2642bf5a 100644 --- a/TSPL.docc/LanguageGuide/TheBasics.md +++ b/TSPL.docc/LanguageGuide/TheBasics.md @@ -1629,7 +1629,7 @@ see . When `nil` represents an unrecoverable failure, such as a programmer error or corrupted state, -you can access the underlying value +you can access the underlying value of the optional by adding an exclamation mark (`!`) to the end of the optional's name. This is known as *force unwrapping* the optional's value. When you force unwrap a non-`nil` value,