From 9c7c97fe645ce58643461a4ea0e340b5c34bbebd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: bart-at-google <40404758+bart-at-google@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2025 13:45:40 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Describe collection-based custom method on root resource

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 aip/general/0136.md | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/aip/general/0136.md b/aip/general/0136.md
index 6ad317e09e..ef0481343e 100644
--- a/aip/general/0136.md
+++ b/aip/general/0136.md
@@ -100,8 +100,8 @@ rpc SortBooks(SortBooksRequest) returns (SortBooksResponse) {
 }
 ```
 
-- The collection's parent resource **must** be called `parent`, and
-  be the only variable in the URI path.
+- If the collection's resource has a parent, that resource **must** be called
+  `parent` and be the only variable in the URI path.
 - The collection key (`books` in the above example) **must** be literal.
 
 ### Stateless methods