---
name: "Perl::Critic::Policy::Documentation::ProhibitParagraphTwoDots"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "libperl-critic-pulp-perl"
version: "99-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/Perl::Critic::Policy::Documentation::ProhibitParagraphTwoDots"
---

# Perl::Critic::Policy::Documentation::ProhibitParagraphTwoDots(3pm)

don't end a paragraph with two dots

## NAME

Perl::Critic::Policy::Documentation::ProhibitParagraphTwoDots - don't end a paragraph with two dots

## DESCRIPTION

This policy is part of the `"Perl::Critic::Pulp"` add-on.  It asks you not to end a POD paragraph with two dots,

```
    Some thing..                    # bad
```

This is a surprisingly easy typo, but of course is entirely cosmetic and on that basis this policy is lowest severity and under the "cosmetic" theme (see "POLICY THEMES" in Perl::Critic).

Three or more dots as an ellipsis is fine,

```
    And some more of this ...       # ok
```

and anything within a paragraph is fine,

```
    Numbers 1 .. 10 are handled.    # ok
```

Only text paragraphs are checked.  Verbatim paragraphs can end with anything at all

```
    This is an example,
        example_code (1 ..          # ok
```

There might be other dubious paragraph endings this policy could pick up, but things like ";." or ":." can arise from code or smiley faces, so at the moment only two dots are bad.

### Disabling

If you don't care about this you can disable `"ProhibitParagraphTwoDots"` from your *.perlcriticrc* in the usual way (see "CONFIGURATION" in Perl::Critic),

```
    [-Documentation::ProhibitParagraphTwoDots]
```

A `"## no critic"` directive works in new enough `"Perl::Critic"`, but if you have an `"__END__"` token then any `"no critic"` generally must be before that.

## SEE ALSO

Perl::Critic::Pulp, Perl::Critic

Perl::Critic::Policy::Documentation::ProhibitParagraphEndComma

## HOME PAGE

\<http://user42.tuxfamily.org/perl-critic-pulp/index.html\>

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2021 Kevin Ryde

Perl-Critic-Pulp is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 3, or (at your option) any later version.

Perl-Critic-Pulp is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more details.

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