Update resources-in-the-rest-api.md (github#16981)

Co-authored-by: Melanie Yarbrough <11952755+myarb@users.noreply.github.com>

content/rest/overview/resources-in-the-rest-api.md

@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ Verb | Description
 `HEAD` | Can be issued against any resource to get just the HTTP header info.
 `GET` | Used for retrieving resources.
 `POST` | Used for creating resources.
-`PATCH` | Used for updating resources with partial JSON data.  For instance, an Issue resource has `title` and `body` attributes.  A PATCH request may accept one or more of the attributes to update the resource.  PATCH is a relatively new and uncommon HTTP verb, so resource endpoints also accept `POST` requests.
+`PATCH` | Used for updating resources with partial JSON data. For instance, an Issue resource has `title` and `body` attributes. A `PATCH` request may accept one or more of the attributes to update the resource.
 `PUT` | Used for replacing resources or collections. For `PUT` requests with no `body` attribute, be sure to set the `Content-Length` header to zero.
 `DELETE` |Used for deleting resources.