Clarify docs for LimitRequestLine, as per bug #51665.

git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/branches/2.2.x@1200947 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68

diff --git a/docs/manual/mod/core.xml b/docs/manual/mod/core.xml
index 1844f48bdfc04ab8cda3b0d16d90bffc0a195495..48c6fb7214f59448447761d1fe410f5479d17dd5 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/manual/mod/core.xml
+++ b/docs/manual/mod/core.xml
@@ -1894,7 +1894,7 @@ client</description>
     that will be allowed in an HTTP request header.</p>
 
     <p>The <directive>LimitRequestFieldSize</directive> directive
-    allows the server administrator to reduce or increase the limit
+    allows the server administrator to set the limit
     on the allowed size of an HTTP request header field. A server
     needs this value to be large enough to hold any one header field
     from a normal client request. The size of a normal request header
@@ -1914,7 +1914,8 @@ client</description>
     </example>
 
     <note>Under normal conditions, the value should not be changed from
-    the default.</note>
+    the default. Also, you can't set this higher than 8190 without
+    modifying the source code and rebuilding.</note>
 
     <note type="warning"><title>Warning</title>
     <p> When name-based virtual hosting is used, the value for this
@@ -1938,7 +1939,7 @@ from the client</description>
     allowed on the HTTP request-line.</p>
 
     <p>The <directive>LimitRequestLine</directive> directive allows
-    the server administrator to reduce or increase the limit on the allowed size
+    the server administrator to set the limit on the allowed size
     of a client's HTTP request-line. Since the request-line consists of the
     HTTP method, URI, and protocol version, the
     <directive>LimitRequestLine</directive> directive places a
@@ -1958,7 +1959,8 @@ from the client</description>
     </example>
 
     <note>Under normal conditions, the value should not be changed from
-    the default.</note>
+    the default. Also, you can't set this higher than 8190 without
+    modifying the source and rebuilding.</note>
 
     <note type="warning"><title>Warning</title>
     <p> When name-based virtual hosting is used, the value for this