Note
This version of the guide covers the new PHP-based rendering of Documentation with the TYPO3 Documentation theme.
If the project you are looking at has a file Documentation/guides.xml it is using the new rendering.
Otherwise, consider to migrate the Documentation or head over to the legacy version of this guide: How to document, Sphinx based.
reStructuredText
This chapter is an introduction and reference for writing documentation using reStructuredText (also referred to as reST).
It is recommended to read (or at least browse through) the Introduction and the general Coding guidelines for reST files first.
Or, use the Cheat sheet: reStructuredText, which contains the most commonly used markup on one page.
We cannot cover every reST markup that is available. For more information, see other resources, such as: