From d895776d6eece98b5d524b25a2ef1ef123d2b1f4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Madhav Kanda <76394914+Madhav-Kanda@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2023 21:07:11 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] Updated LocScaleReparam's documentation (#1599)

* Update reparam.py

Refer #1598

* Making suggested changes
---
 numpyro/infer/reparam.py | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/numpyro/infer/reparam.py b/numpyro/infer/reparam.py
index 57bd4bc8d..0a414e0ab 100644
--- a/numpyro/infer/reparam.py
+++ b/numpyro/infer/reparam.py
@@ -73,7 +73,9 @@ class LocScaleReparam(Reparam):
        Maria I. Gorinova, Dave Moore, Matthew D. Hoffman (2019)
 
     :param float centered: optional centered parameter. If None (default) learn
-        a per-site per-element centering parameter in ``[0,1]``. If 0, fully
+        a per-site per-element centering parameter in ``[0,1]`` initialized at value 0.5.
+        To sample the parameter, consider using :class:`~numpyro.handlers.lift` handler with a
+        prior like ``Uniform(0, 1)`` to cast the parameter to a latent variable. If 0, fully
         decenter the distribution; if 1, preserve the centered distribution
         unchanged.
     :param shape_params: list of additional parameter names to copy unchanged from