Conciseness is Key to Good Technical Documentation
http://www.school-for-champions.com/techwriting/concise.htm

Kurtus, Ron
School for Champions
2005

Abstract:

One of the most important and difficult parts of technical documentation concerns writing in a concise manner. Technical writing is different than writing fiction or magazine articles, where a mood may be set or--in some cases--where space must be filled. (People seldom buy thin books.)