Replace rdoc with yard in dependencies.

.yardopts

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+-
+history.md
+LICENSE
+README.md

Rakefile

@@ -120,13 +120,6 @@ end
 
 ############################
 
-require 'rdoc/task'
+require 'yard'
-
+YARD::Rake::YardocTask.new do |t|
-Rake::RDocTask.new do |t|
-  t.rdoc_dir = 'rdoc'
-  t.title    = "rest-client, fetch RESTful resources effortlessly"
-  t.options << '--line-numbers' << '--inline-source' << '-A cattr_accessor=object'
-  t.options << '--charset' << 'utf-8'
-  t.rdoc_files.include('README.md')
-  t.rdoc_files.include('lib/*.rb')
 end

lib/restclient/request.rb

@@ -13,10 +13,15 @@ end
 module RestClient
   # This class is used internally by RestClient to send the request, but you can also
   # call it directly if you'd like to use a method not supported by the
-  # main API.  For example:
+  # main API.
   #
+  # @example using {.execute} class method:
   #   RestClient::Request.execute(method: :head, url: 'http://example.com')
   #
+  # @example initializing {#initialize} and then calling {#execute}:
+  #   req = RestClient::Request.new(method: :get, url: 'http://example.com', timeout: 5)
+  #   req.execute
+  #
   # The `:method` and `:url` parameters are required. All others are optional.
   #
   # @deprecated *Note:*

lib/restclient/utils.rb

@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ module RestClient
     #
     # @return [String] A string appropriate for use as an HTTP query string
     #
-    # @see {flatten_params}
+    # @see .flatten_params
     #
     # @see URI.encode_www_form
     #

rest-client.gemspec

@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.add_development_dependency('rspec', '~> 3.0')
   s.add_development_dependency('pry', '~> 0')
   s.add_development_dependency('pry-doc', '~> 0')
-  s.add_development_dependency('rdoc', '>= 2.4.2', '< 6.0')
   s.add_development_dependency('rubocop', '~> 0')
+  s.add_development_dependency('yard', '~> 0.9')
 
   s.add_dependency('http-cookie', '>= 1.0.2', '< 2.0')
   s.add_dependency('mime-types', '>= 1.16', '< 4.0')