self.up, self.down => up, down

activerecord/README.rdoc

@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ A short rundown of some of the major features:
 * Database agnostic schema management with Migrations.
 
     class AddSystemSettings < ActiveRecord::Migration
-      def self.up
+      def up
         create_table :system_settings do |t|
           t.string  :name
           t.string  :label
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ A short rundown of some of the major features:
         SystemSetting.create :name => "notice", :label => "Use notice?", :value => 1
       end
 
-      def self.down
+      def down
         drop_table :system_settings
       end
     end

activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb

@@ -760,7 +760,7 @@ module ActiveRecord #:nodoc:
       # values, eg:
       #
       #  class CreateJobLevels < ActiveRecord::Migration
-      #    def self.up
+      #    def up
       #      create_table :job_levels do |t|
       #        t.integer :id
       #        t.string :name
@@ -774,7 +774,7 @@ module ActiveRecord #:nodoc:
       #      end
       #    end
       #
-      #    def self.down
+      #    def down
       #      drop_table :job_levels
       #    end
       #  end

activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/schema_definitions.rb

@@ -46,13 +46,13 @@ module ActiveRecord
     # +change_table+ is actually of this type:
     #
     #   class SomeMigration < ActiveRecord::Migration
-    #     def self.up
+    #     def up
     #       create_table :foo do |t|
     #         puts t.class  # => "ActiveRecord::ConnectionAdapters::TableDefinition"
     #       end
     #     end
     #
-    #     def self.down
+    #     def down
     #       ...
     #     end
     #   end
@@ -479,4 +479,3 @@ module ActiveRecord
 
   end
 end
-