From 2545993ce430606f76926723898c2de3840da94a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Neil Johnson <neil@matrix.org>
Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2018 15:48:12 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] make comments clearer

---
 synapse/api/auth.py | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/synapse/api/auth.py b/synapse/api/auth.py
index c31c6a6a0..18c73f054 100644
--- a/synapse/api/auth.py
+++ b/synapse/api/auth.py
@@ -780,7 +780,8 @@ class Auth(object):
         such as monthly active user limiting or global disable flag
 
         Args:
-            user_id(str): If present, checks for presence against existing MAU cohort
+            user_id(str|None): If present, checks for presence against existing
+            MAU cohort
         """
         if self.hs.config.hs_disabled:
             raise AuthError(