Index: modules/node/node.api.php
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RCS file: /cvs/drupal/drupal/modules/node/node.api.php,v
retrieving revision 1.83
diff -u -r1.83 node.api.php
--- modules/node/node.api.php	3 Jan 2011 18:03:54 -0000	1.83
+++ modules/node/node.api.php	13 Jan 2011 03:45:30 -0000
@@ -1218,9 +1218,12 @@
 /**
  * Display a node.
  *
- * This is a hook used by node modules. It allows a module to define a
- * custom method of displaying its nodes, usually by displaying extra
- * information particular to that node type.
+ * This hook is invoked only on the module that defines the node's content type
+ * (use hook_node_view() to act on all node views).
+ *
+ * This hook is invoked during node viewing after the node is fully loaded,
+ * so that the node type module can define a custom method for display, or
+ * add to the default display.
  *
  * @param $node
  *   The node to be displayed, as returned by node_load().
@@ -1238,8 +1241,6 @@
  *   view of the node, you might consider implementing one of these hooks
  *   instead.
  *
- * For a detailed usage example, see node_example.module.
- *
  * @ingroup node_api_hooks
  */
 function hook_view($node, $view_mode) {