Fix typo in missing-member-hint-distance documentation (#10314)

Author: correctmost

examples/pylintrc

@@ -603,7 +603,7 @@ ignored-classes=optparse.Values,thread._local,_thread._local,argparse.Namespace
 # of finding the hint is based on edit distance.
 missing-member-hint=yes
 
-# The minimum edit distance a name should have in order to be considered a
+# The maximum edit distance a name should have in order to be considered a
 # similar match for a missing member name.
 missing-member-hint-distance=1
 

examples/pyproject.toml

@@ -533,7 +533,7 @@ ignored-classes = [ "optparse.Values", "thread._local", "_thread._local", "argpa
 # finding the hint is based on edit distance.
 missing-member-hint = true
 
-# The minimum edit distance a name should have in order to be considered a
+# The maximum edit distance a name should have in order to be considered a
 # similar match for a missing member name.
 missing-member-hint-distance = 1
 

pylint/checkers/typecheck.py

@@ -956,7 +956,7 @@ class TypeChecker(BaseChecker):
  "default": 1,
  "type": "int",
  "metavar": "<member hint edit distance>",
- "help": "The minimum edit distance a name should have in order "
+ "help": "The maximum edit distance a name should have in order "
  "to be considered a similar match for a missing member name.",
  },
  ),

pylintrc

@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ ignore-on-opaque-inference=yes
 # of finding the hint is based on edit distance.
 missing-member-hint=yes
 
-# The minimum edit distance a name should have in order to be considered a
+# The maximum edit distance a name should have in order to be considered a
 # similar match for a missing member name.
 missing-member-hint-distance=1