https://git.ruby-lang.org/ruby.git/commit/?id=962a3247b1

From 962a3247b1b76770930200bcce7470a54dfb25c9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: John Hawthorn <john@h...>
Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2022 19:21:50 -0800
Subject: Correct documentation for protected methods [ci skip]

---
 doc/syntax/modules_and_classes.rdoc | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/syntax/modules_and_classes.rdoc b/doc/syntax/modules_and_classes.rdoc
index 6122f6e08e..9c83a319b9 100644
--- a/doc/syntax/modules_and_classes.rdoc
+++ b/doc/syntax/modules_and_classes.rdoc
@@ -155,8 +155,8 @@ Ruby has three types of visibility.  The default is +public+.  A public method https://github.com/ruby/ruby/blob/trunk/doc/syntax/modules_and_classes.rdoc#L155
 may be called from any other object.
 
 The second visibility is +protected+.  When calling a protected method the
-sender must be a subclass of the receiver or the receiver must be a subclass of
-the sender.  Otherwise a NoMethodError will be raised.
+receiver must inherit the Class or Module which defines the method.  Otherwise a
+NoMethodError will be raised.
 
 Protected visibility is most frequently used to define <code>==</code> and
 other comparison methods where the author does not wish to expose an object's
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