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diff --git a/docs/introduction-to-smart-contracts.rst b/docs/introduction-to-smart-contracts.rst index 31ec1b98..6fcd4854 100644 --- a/docs/introduction-to-smart-contracts.rst +++ b/docs/introduction-to-smart-contracts.rst @@ -444,13 +444,13 @@ receives the address of the new contract on the stack. .. index:: selfdestruct -Selfdestruct -============ +``selfdestruct`` +================ The only possibility that code is removed from the blockchain is -when a contract at that address performs the ``SELFDESTRUCT`` operation. +when a contract at that address performs the ``selfdestruct`` operation. The remaining Ether stored at that address is sent to a designated target and then the storage and code is removed. -Note that even if a contract's code does not contain the ``SELFDESTRUCT`` -opcode, it can still perform that operation using delegatecall or callcode. +Note that even if a contract's code does not contain a call to ``selfdestruct``, +it can still perform that operation using ``delegatecall`` or ``callcode``. |