They pretty much fixed that. Plus you can influence the writing style to some extent. I tell it to use full sentences and avoid assuming I already understand the code.
Another thing is that it's very good at creating diagrams (I think someone wrote a skill for it so maybe not by default). I usually find the diagrams are even more valuable than the text.
Honestly I was skeptical but you really can just point Claude at some code and ask it to make a markdown + SVG explainer and it will do a shockingly good job.
I'd still rather read human documentation, but even before AI almost nobody writes any - especially for internal code. And they certainly don't make great diagrams.
Another thing is that it's very good at creating diagrams (I think someone wrote a skill for it so maybe not by default). I usually find the diagrams are even more valuable than the text.
Honestly I was skeptical but you really can just point Claude at some code and ask it to make a markdown + SVG explainer and it will do a shockingly good job.
I'd still rather read human documentation, but even before AI almost nobody writes any - especially for internal code. And they certainly don't make great diagrams.