DOC: Unclear documentation of inplace parameter for rename function.
State: closed


- [X] closes #23076 
- [X] tests added / passed
- [X] passes `git diff upstream/master -u -- "*.py" | flake8 --diff`
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Hello @subhrm! Thanks for updating the PR.

 - There are no PEP8 issues in the file [`pandas/core/frame.py`](https://github.com/subhrm/pandas/blob/049661dc12369e142bda1165d9a85d93afb7edfd/pandas/core/frame.py) !

 - There are no PEP8 issues in the file [`pandas/core/generic.py`](https://github.com/subhrm/pandas/blob/049661dc12369e142bda1165d9a85d93afb7edfd/pandas/core/generic.py) !



##### Comment last updated on October 12, 2018 at 12:36 Hours UTC
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Closing as stale and not sure this is a large enough improvement anyway. Please refer back to the original issue if you'd like to continue conversation going forward