Discrepancy between README and function description in VS Code
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Assessment
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Newbie friendliness
- 50/100
- Issue type
- Documentation
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Activity status
- Stale
- Tech stack
- javascript, node.js, typescript
- Domain
- documentation
Research direction
Reproduce the hover text for the sign function imported from jsonwebtoken in VS Code, then compare it with the intended wording on README line 30. Trace the source of the hover description and update the phrase so it matches “could be an object literal”; confirm the corrected wording in VS Code.
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Description
Description
When hovering over the sign function in VS Code, the description includes the following phrase: could be an literal. I thought that was a little weird so I checked the README and it seems that the intended message is could be an object literal on line 30.
Reproduction
Hover over sign function imported from jsonwebtoken.

Environment
Please provide the following:
- Version of this library used:
8.5.1 - Version of the platform or framework used, if applicable:
VS Code - Other relevant versions (language, server software, OS, browser):
TypeScript - Other modules/plugins/libraries that might be involved:
- Dominant language
- JavaScript
- Stars
- 18.2k
- Forks
- 1.3k
- PR merge metrics
- No merged PRs in 30d
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