From 7838d750e10bc1d1a21835a4f31cb935115e85cf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Aleksandr Bezobchuk <aleks.bezobchuk@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2020 09:58:53 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Update godoc

---
 types/codec.go | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/types/codec.go b/types/codec.go
index 6f7d03e5c9..21cd269043 100644
--- a/types/codec.go
+++ b/types/codec.go
@@ -15,8 +15,10 @@ func RegisterCodec(cdc *codec.Codec) {
 	cdc.RegisterInterface((*Tx)(nil), nil)
 }
 
-// CanonicalSignBytes returns a canonical JSON encoding of a message that can be
-// signed over.
+// CanonicalSignBytes returns a canonical JSON encoding of a Proto message that
+// can be signed over. The JSON encoding ensures all field names adhere to their
+// Proto definition, default values are omitted, and follows the JSON Canonical
+// Form.
 func CanonicalSignBytes(m codec.ProtoMarshaler) ([]byte, error) {
 	jm := &jsonpb.Marshaler{EmitDefaults: false, OrigName: false}
 	buf := new(bytes.Buffer)