svn commit: r1555116 - /httpd/httpd/trunk/docs/manual/mod/mod_rewrite.xml

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Author: covener
Date: Fri Jan  3 15:03:01 2014
New Revision: 1555116

URL: http://svn.apache.org/r1555116
Log:
emphasize that this is mostly just AAA checks and not the status
code of the handler. PR21828 and various dups.


Modified:
    httpd/httpd/trunk/docs/manual/mod/mod_rewrite.xml

Modified: httpd/httpd/trunk/docs/manual/mod/mod_rewrite.xml
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/httpd/httpd/trunk/docs/manual/mod/mod_rewrite.xml?rev=1555116&r1=1555115&r2=1555116&view=diff
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--- httpd/httpd/trunk/docs/manual/mod/mod_rewrite.xml (original)
+++ httpd/httpd/trunk/docs/manual/mod/mod_rewrite.xml Fri Jan  3 15:03:01 2014
@@ -812,13 +812,18 @@ Alias /myapp /opt/myapp-1.2.3
             whether or not it exists, and is a regular file with size greater
             than zero.</li>
 
-            <li>'<strong>-U</strong>' (is existing URL, via
+            <li><p>'<strong>-U</strong>' (is existing URL, via
             subrequest)<br />
             Checks whether or not <em>TestString</em> is a valid URL,
             accessible via all the server's currently-configured
             access controls for that path. This uses an internal
             subrequest to do the check, so use it with care -
-            it can impact your server's performance!</li>
+            it can impact your server's performance!</p>
+            <p> This flag <em>only</em> returns information about things
+            like access control, authentication, and authorization.  This flag
+            <em>does not</em> return information about the status code the 
+            configured handler (static file, CGI, proxy, etc.) would have 
+            returned.</p> </li>
 
             <li>'<strong>-x</strong>' (has e<strong>x</strong>ecutable
             permissions)<br />