From: Daniel Gruno <humbedooh@apache.org>
Date: Sat, 1 Sep 2012 07:01:22 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: backport r1379321: Note that using rewrites with a file-path substitution in a .htacc... 
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backport r1379321: Note that using rewrites with a file-path substitution in a .htaccess file will look for files relative to your document root, not relative to your file system root.

git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/branches/2.2.x@1379702 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68
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diff --git a/docs/manual/mod/mod_rewrite.xml b/docs/manual/mod/mod_rewrite.xml
index ee1e3f63436..dd7325e89a8 100644
--- a/docs/manual/mod/mod_rewrite.xml
+++ b/docs/manual/mod/mod_rewrite.xml
@@ -1220,7 +1220,9 @@ cannot use <code>$N</code> in the substitution string!
         you specify a <em>Substitution</em> string of
         <code>/www/file.html</code>, then this will be treated as a
         URL-path <em>unless</em> a directory named <code>www</code>
-        exists at the root or your file-system, in which case it will
+        exists at the root or your file-system (or, in the case of 
+        using rewrites in a <code>.htaccess</code> file, relative to
+        your document root), in which case it will
         be treated as a file-system path. If you wish other
         URL-mapping directives (such as <directive
         module="mod_alias">Alias</directive>) to be applied to the