From e0289ed23fea20006e5b89f8914f7a2a97efdc58 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Quinn Dougherty <quinnd@riseup.net>
Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2022 12:29:09 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] documented addition to `beta` api

---
 packages/website/docs/Api/DistGeneric.mdx             | 2 ++
 packages/website/docs/Guides/DistributionCreation.mdx | 7 +++++++
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/packages/website/docs/Api/DistGeneric.mdx b/packages/website/docs/Api/DistGeneric.mdx
index e49eec1c..42f464df 100644
--- a/packages/website/docs/Api/DistGeneric.mdx
+++ b/packages/website/docs/Api/DistGeneric.mdx
@@ -70,12 +70,14 @@ uniform(10, 12);
 
 ```
 beta: (distribution|number, distribution|number) => distribution
+beta: (dict<{mean: distribution|number, stdev: distribution|number}>) => distribution
 ```
 
 **Examples**
 
 ```javascript
 beta(20, 25);
+beta({ mean: 0.39, stdev: 0.1 });
 ```
 
 ### cauchy
diff --git a/packages/website/docs/Guides/DistributionCreation.mdx b/packages/website/docs/Guides/DistributionCreation.mdx
index 5e84b47f..1ad69960 100644
--- a/packages/website/docs/Guides/DistributionCreation.mdx
+++ b/packages/website/docs/Guides/DistributionCreation.mdx
@@ -259,6 +259,7 @@ with values at 1 and 2. Therefore, this is the same as `mixture(pointMass(1),poi
 ## Beta
 
 `beta(alpha:number, beta:number)`
+`beta({mean: number, stdev: number})`
 
 Creates a [beta distribution](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beta_distribution) with the given `alpha` and `beta` values. For a good summary of the beta distribution, see [this explanation](https://stats.stackexchange.com/a/47782) on Stack Overflow.
 
@@ -278,6 +279,12 @@ Creates a [beta distribution](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beta_distribution) w
   <TabItem value="ex5" label="beta(0.8, 0.8)">
     <SquiggleEditor initialSquiggleString="beta(0.8, 0.8)" />
   </TabItem>
+  <TabItem
+    value="from mean and standard deviation"
+    label="beta({mean: 0.39, stdev: 0.1})"
+  >
+    <SquiggleEditor initialSquiggleString="beta({mean: 0.39, stdev: 0.1})" />
+  </TabItem>
 </Tabs>
 
 ### Arguments