From: Jim Jagielski <jim@apache.org>
Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2014 16:42:11 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Docco change re using UDS with rewriteRule
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Docco change re using UDS with rewriteRule

git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/trunk@1560410 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68
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diff --git a/docs/manual/mod/mod_proxy.xml b/docs/manual/mod/mod_proxy.xml
index 8338c2f2c1f..fc4c0885fe9 100644
--- a/docs/manual/mod/mod_proxy.xml
+++ b/docs/manual/mod/mod_proxy.xml
@@ -835,14 +835,20 @@ expressions</description>
     usually be set <strong>off</strong> when using
     <directive>ProxyPass</directive>.</note>
 
-    <p>Support for using a Unix Domain Socket is available by using a target
+    <p>Support for using a Unix Domain Socket is available by using a url target
     which prepends <code>unix:/path/lis.sock|</code>. For example, to proxy
     HTTP and target the UDS at /home/www/socket you would use
-    <code>unix:/home/www.socket|http://localhost/whatever/</code>.</p>
+    <code>unix:/home/www.socket|http://localhost/whatever/</code>. Since
+    the socket is local, the hostname used (in this case <code>localhost</code>)
+    is moot.</p>
 
     <note><strong>Note:</strong> The path associated with the <code>unix:</code>
     URL is <directive>DefaultRuntimeDir</directive> aware.</note>
 
+    <note><strong>Note:</strong> <directive>RewriteRule</directive> requires
+    the <code>[P,NE]</code> option to prevent the <code>'|'</code> character
+    from being escaped.</note>
+
     <p>Suppose the local server has address <code>http://example.com/</code>;
     then</p>