DOC: standardize wording on whatsnew keyword removal

doc/source/whatsnew/v1.0.0.rst

@@ -540,7 +540,7 @@ or ``matplotlib.Axes.plot``. See :ref:`plotting.formatters` for more.
 
 **Other removals**
 
-- Removed the previously deprecated "index" keyword from :func:`read_stata`, :class:`StataReader`, and :meth:`StataReader.read`, use "index_col" instead (:issue:`17328`)
+- Removed the previously deprecated keyword "index" from :func:`read_stata`, :class:`StataReader`, and :meth:`StataReader.read`, use "index_col" instead (:issue:`17328`)
 - Removed :meth:`StataReader.data` method, use :meth:`StataReader.read` instead (:issue:`9493`)
 - Removed :func:`pandas.plotting._matplotlib.tsplot`, use :meth:`Series.plot` instead (:issue:`19980`)
 - :func:`pandas.tseries.converter.register` has been moved to :func:`pandas.plotting.register_matplotlib_converters` (:issue:`18307`)
@@ -551,18 +551,18 @@ or ``matplotlib.Axes.plot``. See :ref:`plotting.formatters` for more.
 - :func:`pandas.api.types.infer_dtype` argument ``skipna`` defaults to ``True`` instead of ``False`` (:issue:`24050`)
 - Removed :attr:`Series.ix` and :attr:`DataFrame.ix` (:issue:`26438`)
 - Removed :meth:`Index.summary` (:issue:`18217`)
-- Removed the previously deprecated "fastpath" keyword from the :class:`Index` constructor (:issue:`23110`)
+- Removed the previously deprecated keyword "fastpath" from the :class:`Index` constructor (:issue:`23110`)
 - Removed :meth:`Series.get_value`, :meth:`Series.set_value`, :meth:`DataFrame.get_value`, :meth:`DataFrame.set_value` (:issue:`17739`)
 - Removed :meth:`Series.compound` and :meth:`DataFrame.compound` (:issue:`26405`)
 - Changed the the default value of `inplace` in :meth:`DataFrame.set_index` and :meth:`Series.set_axis`. It now defaults to ``False`` (:issue:`27600`)
 - Removed :attr:`Series.cat.categorical`, :attr:`Series.cat.index`, :attr:`Series.cat.name` (:issue:`24751`)
-- :func:`to_datetime` and :func:`to_timedelta` no longer accept "box" argument, always returns :class:`DatetimeIndex`, :class:`TimedeltaIndex`, :class:`Index`, :class:`Series`, or :class:`DataFrame` (:issue:`24486`)
+- Removed the previously deprecated keyword "box" from :func:`to_datetime` and :func:`to_timedelta`; in addition these now always returns :class:`DatetimeIndex`, :class:`TimedeltaIndex`, :class:`Index`, :class:`Series`, or :class:`DataFrame` (:issue:`24486`)
 - :func:`to_timedelta`, :class:`Timedelta`, and :class:`TimedeltaIndex` no longer allow "M", "y", or "Y" for the "unit" argument (:issue:`23264`)
-- Removed the previously deprecated ``time_rule`` keyword from (non-public) :func:`offsets.generate_range`, which has been moved to :func:`core.arrays._ranges.generate_range` (:issue:`24157`)
+- Removed the previously deprecated keyword "time_rule" from (non-public) :func:`offsets.generate_range`, which has been moved to :func:`core.arrays._ranges.generate_range` (:issue:`24157`)
 - :meth:`DataFrame.loc` or :meth:`Series.loc` with listlike indexers and missing labels will no longer reindex (:issue:`17295`)
 - :meth:`DataFrame.to_excel` and :meth:`Series.to_excel` with non-existent columns will no longer reindex (:issue:`17295`)
-- :func:`concat` parameter "join_axes" has been removed, use ``reindex_like`` on the result instead (:issue:`22318`)
-- Removed the previously deprecated "by" keyword from :meth:`DataFrame.sort_index`, use :meth:`DataFrame.sort_values` instead (:issue:`10726`)
+- Removed the previously deprecated keyword "join_axes" from :func:`concat`; use ``reindex_like`` on the result instead (:issue:`22318`)
+- Removed the previously deprecated keyword "by" from :meth:`DataFrame.sort_index`, use :meth:`DataFrame.sort_values` instead (:issue:`10726`)
 - Removed support for nested renaming in :meth:`DataFrame.aggregate`, :meth:`Series.aggregate`, :meth:`DataFrameGroupBy.aggregate`, :meth:`SeriesGroupBy.aggregate`, :meth:`Rolling.aggregate` (:issue:`18529`)
 - Passing ``datetime64`` data to :class:`TimedeltaIndex` or ``timedelta64`` data to ``DatetimeIndex`` now raises ``TypeError`` (:issue:`23539`, :issue:`23937`)
 - Passing ``int64`` values to :class:`DatetimeIndex` and a timezone now interprets the values as nanosecond timestamps in UTC, not wall times in the given timezone (:issue:`24559`)
@@ -578,30 +578,30 @@ or ``matplotlib.Axes.plot``. See :ref:`plotting.formatters` for more.
 - :meth:`pandas.Series.str.cat` now defaults to aligning ``others``, using ``join='left'`` (:issue:`27611`)
 - :meth:`pandas.Series.str.cat` does not accept list-likes *within* list-likes anymore (:issue:`27611`)
 - :meth:`Series.where` with ``Categorical`` dtype (or :meth:`DataFrame.where` with ``Categorical`` column) no longer allows setting new categories (:issue:`24114`)
-- :class:`DatetimeIndex`, :class:`TimedeltaIndex`, and :class:`PeriodIndex` constructors no longer allow ``start``, ``end``, and ``periods`` keywords, use :func:`date_range`, :func:`timedelta_range`, and :func:`period_range` instead (:issue:`23919`)
-- :class:`DatetimeIndex` and :class:`TimedeltaIndex` constructors no longer have a ``verify_integrity`` keyword argument (:issue:`23919`)
-- ``pandas.core.internals.blocks.make_block`` no longer accepts the "fastpath" keyword (:issue:`19265`)
-- :meth:`Block.make_block_same_class` no longer accepts the "dtype" keyword (:issue:`19434`)
+- Removed the previously deprecated keywords "start", "end", and "periods" from the :class:`DatetimeIndex`, :class:`TimedeltaIndex`, and :class:`PeriodIndex` constructors; use :func:`date_range`, :func:`timedelta_range`, and :func:`period_range` instead (:issue:`23919`)
+- Removed the previously deprecated keyword "verify_integrity" from the :class:`DatetimeIndex` and :class:`TimedeltaIndex` constructors (:issue:`23919`)
+- Removed the previously deprecated keyword "fastpath" from ``pandas.core.internals.blocks.make_block`` (:issue:`19265`)
+- Removed the previously deprecated keyword "dtype" from :meth:`Block.make_block_same_class` (:issue:`19434`)
 - Removed :meth:`ExtensionArray._formatting_values`. Use :attr:`ExtensionArray._formatter` instead. (:issue:`23601`)
 - Removed :meth:`MultiIndex.to_hierarchical` (:issue:`21613`)
 - Removed :attr:`MultiIndex.labels`, use :attr:`MultiIndex.codes` instead (:issue:`23752`)
-- Removed the previously deprecated "labels" keyword from the :class:`MultiIndex` constructor, use "codes" instead (:issue:`23752`)
+- Removed the previously deprecated keyword "labels" from the :class:`MultiIndex` constructor, use "codes" instead (:issue:`23752`)
 - Removed :meth:`MultiIndex.set_labels`, use :meth:`MultiIndex.set_codes` instead (:issue:`23752`)
-- Removed the previously deprecated "labels" keyword from :meth:`MultiIndex.set_codes`, :meth:`MultiIndex.copy`, :meth:`MultiIndex.drop`, use "codes" instead (:issue:`23752`)
+- Removed the previously deprecated keyword "labels" from :meth:`MultiIndex.set_codes`, :meth:`MultiIndex.copy`, :meth:`MultiIndex.drop`, use "codes" instead (:issue:`23752`)
 - Removed support for legacy HDF5 formats (:issue:`29787`)
 - Passing a dtype alias (e.g. 'datetime64[ns, UTC]') to :class:`DatetimeTZDtype` is no longer allowed, use :meth:`DatetimeTZDtype.construct_from_string` instead (:issue:`23990`)
-- :func:`read_excel` removed support for "skip_footer" argument, use "skipfooter" instead (:issue:`18836`)
+- Removed the previously deprecated keyword "skip_footer" from :func:`read_excel`; use "skipfooter" instead (:issue:`18836`)
 - :func:`read_excel` no longer allows an integer value for the parameter ``usecols``, instead pass a list of integers from 0 to ``usecols`` inclusive (:issue:`23635`)
-- :meth:`DataFrame.to_records` no longer supports the argument "convert_datetime64" (:issue:`18902`)
+- Removed the previously deprecated keyword "convert_datetime64" from :meth:`DataFrame.to_records` (:issue:`18902`)
 - Removed :meth:`IntervalIndex.from_intervals` in favor of the :class:`IntervalIndex` constructor (:issue:`19263`)
 - Changed the default value for the "keep_tz" argument in :meth:`DatetimeIndex.to_series` to ``True`` (:issue:`23739`)
 - Removed :func:`api.types.is_period` and :func:`api.types.is_datetimetz` (:issue:`23917`)
 - Ability to read pickles containing :class:`Categorical` instances created with pre-0.16 version of pandas has been removed (:issue:`27538`)
 - Removed :func:`pandas.tseries.plotting.tsplot` (:issue:`18627`)
-- Removed the previously deprecated ``reduce`` and ``broadcast`` arguments from :meth:`DataFrame.apply` (:issue:`18577`)
+- Removed the previously deprecated keywords "reduce" and "broadcast" from :meth:`DataFrame.apply` (:issue:`18577`)
 - Removed the previously deprecated ``assert_raises_regex`` function in ``pandas.util.testing`` (:issue:`29174`)
 - Removed the previously deprecated ``FrozenNDArray`` class in ``pandas.core.indexes.frozen`` (:issue:`29335`)
-- Removed previously deprecated "nthreads" argument from :func:`read_feather`, use "use_threads" instead (:issue:`23053`)
+- Removed the previously deprecated keyword "nthreads" from :func:`read_feather`, use "use_threads" instead (:issue:`23053`)
 - Removed :meth:`Index.is_lexsorted_for_tuple` (:issue:`29305`)
 - Removed support for nexted renaming in :meth:`DataFrame.aggregate`, :meth:`Series.aggregate`, :meth:`DataFrameGroupBy.aggregate`, :meth:`SeriesGroupBy.aggregate`, :meth:`Rolling.aggregate` (:issue:`29608`)
 - Removed :meth:`Series.valid`; use :meth:`Series.dropna` instead (:issue:`18800`)
@@ -613,17 +613,17 @@ or ``matplotlib.Axes.plot``. See :ref:`plotting.formatters` for more.
 - Removed the ability to alter :attr:`DatetimeIndex.freq`, :attr:`TimedeltaIndex.freq`, or :attr:`PeriodIndex.freq` (:issue:`20772`)
 - Removed :attr:`DatetimeIndex.offset` (:issue:`20730`)
 - Removed :meth:`DatetimeIndex.asobject`, :meth:`TimedeltaIndex.asobject`, :meth:`PeriodIndex.asobject`, use ``astype(object)`` instead (:issue:`29801`)
-- Removed previously deprecated "order" argument from :func:`factorize` (:issue:`19751`)
-- :func:`read_stata` and :meth:`DataFrame.to_stata` no longer supports the "encoding" argument (:issue:`21400`)
+- Removed the previously deprecated keyword "order" from :func:`factorize` (:issue:`19751`)
+- Removed the previously deprecated keyword "encoding" from :func:`read_stata` and :meth:`DataFrame.to_stata` (:issue:`21400`)
 - In :func:`concat` the default value for ``sort`` has been changed from ``None`` to ``False`` (:issue:`20613`)
-- Removed previously deprecated "raise_conflict" argument from :meth:`DataFrame.update`, use "errors" instead (:issue:`23585`)
-- Removed previously deprecated keyword "n" from :meth:`DatetimeIndex.shift`, :meth:`TimedeltaIndex.shift`, :meth:`PeriodIndex.shift`, use "periods" instead (:issue:`22458`)
-- Removed previously deprecated keywords ``how``, ``fill_method``, and ``limit`` from :meth:`DataFrame.resample` (:issue:`30139`)
+- Removed the previously deprecated keyword "raise_conflict" from :meth:`DataFrame.update`, use "errors" instead (:issue:`23585`)
+- Removed the previously deprecated keyword "n" from :meth:`DatetimeIndex.shift`, :meth:`TimedeltaIndex.shift`, :meth:`PeriodIndex.shift`, use "periods" instead (:issue:`22458`)
+- Removed the previously deprecated keywords "how", "fill_method", and "limit" from :meth:`DataFrame.resample` (:issue:`30139`)
 - Passing an integer to :meth:`Series.fillna` or :meth:`DataFrame.fillna` with ``timedelta64[ns]`` dtype now raises ``TypeError`` (:issue:`24694`)
 - Passing multiple axes to :meth:`DataFrame.dropna` is no longer supported (:issue:`20995`)
 - Removed :meth:`Series.nonzero`, use `to_numpy().nonzero()` instead (:issue:`24048`)
 - Passing floating dtype ``codes`` to :meth:`Categorical.from_codes` is no longer supported, pass ``codes.astype(np.int64)`` instead (:issue:`21775`)
-- :meth:`Series.str.partition` and :meth:`Series.str.rpartition` no longer accept "pat" keyword, use "sep" instead (:issue:`23767`)
+- Removed the previously deprecated keyword "pat" from :meth:`Series.str.partition` and :meth:`Series.str.rpartition`, use "sep" instead (:issue:`23767`)
 - Removed :meth:`Series.put` (:issue:`27106`)
 - Removed :attr:`Series.real`, :attr:`Series.imag` (:issue:`27106`)
 - Removed :meth:`Series.to_dense`, :meth:`DataFrame.to_dense` (:issue:`26684`)
@@ -639,7 +639,7 @@ or ``matplotlib.Axes.plot``. See :ref:`plotting.formatters` for more.
 - Removed :attr:`Series.base`, :attr:`Index.base`, :attr:`Categorical.base`, :attr:`Series.flags`, :attr:`Index.flags`, :attr:`PeriodArray.flags`, :attr:`Series.strides`, :attr:`Index.strides`, :attr:`Series.itemsize`, :attr:`Index.itemsize`, :attr:`Series.data`, :attr:`Index.data` (:issue:`20721`)
 - Changed :meth:`Timedelta.resolution` to match the behavior of the standard library ``datetime.timedelta.resolution``, for the old behavior, use :meth:`Timedelta.resolution_string` (:issue:`26839`)
 - Removed :attr:`Timestamp.weekday_name`, :attr:`DatetimeIndex.weekday_name`, and :attr:`Series.dt.weekday_name` (:issue:`18164`)
-- Removed previously deprecated ``errors`` argument in :meth:`Timestamp.tz_localize`, :meth:`DatetimeIndex.tz_localize`, and :meth:`Series.tz_localize` (:issue:`22644`)
+- Removed the previously deprecated keyword "errors" in :meth:`Timestamp.tz_localize`, :meth:`DatetimeIndex.tz_localize`, and :meth:`Series.tz_localize` (:issue:`22644`)
 - Changed the default value for ``ordered`` in :class:`CategoricalDtype` from ``None`` to ``False`` (:issue:`26336`)
 - :meth:`Series.set_axis` and :meth:`DataFrame.set_axis` now require "labels" as the first argument and "axis" as an optional named parameter (:issue:`30089`)
 - Removed :func:`to_msgpack`, :func:`read_msgpack`, :meth:`DataFrame.to_msgpack`, :meth:`Series.to_msgpack` (:issue:`27103`)