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+### What it does
+Checks the doc comments of publicly visible functions that
+may panic and warns if there is no `# Panics` section.
+
+### Why is this bad?
+Documenting the scenarios in which panicking occurs
+can help callers who do not want to panic to avoid those situations.
+
+### Examples
+Since the following function may panic it has a `# Panics` section in
+its doc comment:
+
+```
+/// # Panics
+///
+/// Will panic if y is 0
+pub fn divide_by(x: i32, y: i32) -> i32 {
+ if y == 0 {
+ panic!("Cannot divide by 0")
+ } else {
+ x / y
+ }
+}
+``` \ No newline at end of file