diff --git a/guides/source/layouts_and_rendering.md b/guides/source/layouts_and_rendering.md
index 39935cd2ef0a23afea96269fc1b8decebf0511a0..a4f48d29c19594cfa3dc9475d2a850e796d6637c 100644
--- a/guides/source/layouts_and_rendering.md
+++ b/guides/source/layouts_and_rendering.md
@@ -178,17 +178,9 @@ In fact, in the BooksController class, inside of the update action where we want
 render :edit
 render action: :edit
 render "edit"
-render "edit.html.erb"
 render action: "edit"
-render action: "edit.html.erb"
 render "books/edit"
-render "books/edit.html.erb"
 render template: "books/edit"
-render template: "books/edit.html.erb"
-render "/path/to/rails/app/views/books/edit"
-render "/path/to/rails/app/views/books/edit.html.erb"
-render file: "/path/to/rails/app/views/books/edit"
-render file: "/path/to/rails/app/views/books/edit.html.erb"
 ```
 
 Which one you use is really a matter of style and convention, but the rule of thumb is to use the simplest one that makes sense for the code you are writing.
@@ -303,7 +295,7 @@ Calls to the `render` method generally accept five options:
 By default, Rails will serve the results of a rendering operation with the MIME content-type of `text/html` (or `application/json` if you use the `:json` option, or `application/xml` for the `:xml` option.). There are times when you might like to change this, and you can do so by setting the `:content_type` option:
 
 ```ruby
-render file: filename, content_type: "application/rss"
+render template: "feed", content_type: "application/rss"
 ```
 
 ##### The `:layout` Option