better wording

docs/guide/i18n.md

@@ -41,7 +41,11 @@ Basic message translation
 
 ### Strings translation
 
-Yii basic message translation that works without additional PHP extension and
+Yii basic message translation that works without additional PHP extension.
+
+```php
+echo \Yii::t('app', 'This is a string to translate!');
+```
 
 
 ### Named placeholders
@@ -60,9 +64,8 @@ $sum = 42;
 echo \Yii::t('app', 'Balance: {0}', $sum);
 ```
 
-> **Tip**: When messages are extracted and passed to translator, he sees strings only. For the code above extracted message will be
-> "Balance: {0}". It's not recommended to use positional placeholders except when there's only one and message context is
-> clear as above.
+> **Tip**: Try keep message strings meaningful and avoid using too many positional parameters. Remember that
+> translator has source string only so it should be obvious about what will replace each placeholder.
 
 Advanced placeholder formatting
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