Merge pull request #2295 from axelgalicia/GH-2293

[GH-2293]-Adding clarification of how data needs to be prefix
web3 · Feb 4, 2019 · d7054bd · d7054bd
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diff --git a/docs/web3-eth-personal.rst b/docs/web3-eth-personal.rst
@@ -84,7 +84,9 @@ sign
 
     web3.eth.personal.sign(dataToSign, address, password [, callback])
 
-Signs data using a specific account.
+Signs data using a specific account. This data is before UTF-8 HEX decoded and enveloped as follows: ``"\x19Ethereum Signed Message:\n" + message.length + message``.
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+
 
 .. note:: Sending your account password over an unsecured HTTP RPC connection is highly unsecure.