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@@ -588,10 +588,15 @@ If you are using ProGuard you might need to add the following options:
 -keep @com.squareup.moshi.JsonQualifier interface *
 ```
 Additional rules are needed if you are using Kotlin:
+
+*...If you are using the reflect API (i.e. `KotlinJsonAdapter`):*
 ```
 -keepclassmembers class kotlin.Metadata {
     public <methods>;
 }
+```
+*...If you are using the codegen API (i.e. `JsonClass(generateAdapter = true)`):*
+```
 -keepnames class **JsonAdapter
 -keepnames @com.squareup.moshi.JsonClass class *
 ```
@@ -620,4 +625,4 @@ License
  [okhttp]: https://github.com/square/okhttp/
  [gson]: https://github.com/google/gson/
  [javadoc]: https://square.github.io/moshi/1.x/moshi/
- [kapt]: https://kotlinlang.org/docs/reference/kapt.html
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+ [kapt]: https://kotlinlang.org/docs/reference/kapt.html