diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index cd0c32e9..0f175468 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ requests.egg-info/
 *.swp
 *.egg
 env/
+.eggs/
 
 .workon
 
diff --git a/AUTHORS.rst b/AUTHORS.rst
index f0ee696b..22147342 100644
--- a/AUTHORS.rst
+++ b/AUTHORS.rst
@@ -189,3 +189,4 @@ Patches and Suggestions
 - Darren Dormer (`@ddormer <https://github.com/ddormer>`_)
 - Rajiv Mayani (`@mayani <https://github.com/mayani>`_)
 - Antti Kaihola (`@akaihola <https://github.com/akaihola>`_)
+- "Dull Bananas" <dull.bananas0@gmail.com> (`@dullbananas <https://github.com/dullbananas>`_)
diff --git a/docs/dev/contributing.rst b/docs/dev/contributing.rst
index d1171cb9..434dc565 100644
--- a/docs/dev/contributing.rst
+++ b/docs/dev/contributing.rst
@@ -130,7 +130,14 @@ the Requests codebase::
     foo = long_function_name(var_one, var_two,
                              var_three, var_four)
 
-No. Just don't. Please.
+No. Just don't. Please. This is much better::
+
+    foo = long_function_name(
+        var_one,
+        var_two,
+        var_three,
+        var_four,
+    )
 
 Docstrings are to follow the following syntaxes::
 
diff --git a/requests/api.py b/requests/api.py
index ef71d075..232b01d9 100644
--- a/requests/api.py
+++ b/requests/api.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ from . import sessions
 def request(method, url, **kwargs):
     """Constructs and sends a :class:`Request <Request>`.
 
-    :param method: method for the new :class:`Request` object.
+    :param method: method for the new :class:`Request` object: ``GET``, ``OPTIONS`, ``HEAD``, ``POST``, ``PUT``, ``PATCH``, or ``DELETE``.
     :param url: URL for the new :class:`Request` object.
     :param params: (optional) Dictionary, list of tuples or bytes to send
         in the query string for the :class:`Request`.
@@ -92,7 +92,9 @@ def head(url, **kwargs):
     r"""Sends a HEAD request.
 
     :param url: URL for the new :class:`Request` object.
-    :param \*\*kwargs: Optional arguments that ``request`` takes.
+    :param \*\*kwargs: Optional arguments that ``request`` takes. If
+        `allow_redirects` is not provided, it will be set to `False` (as
+        opposed to the default :meth:`request` behavior).
     :return: :class:`Response <Response>` object
     :rtype: requests.Response
     """