Distinguish between 'deflate' and 'gzip' encoding.

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diff --git a/docs/manual/mod/mod_deflate.xml b/docs/manual/mod/mod_deflate.xml
index e6db1f1717c729339269ccb06afbe43e95075332..8bec31c75845338e74141212882643f8c9048595 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/manual/mod/mod_deflate.xml
+++ b/docs/manual/mod/mod_deflate.xml
@@ -37,6 +37,14 @@ client</description>
 </summary>
 <seealso><a href="../filter.html">Filters</a></seealso>
 
+<section id="supportedencodings"><title>Supported Encodings</title>
+  <p>The <code>gzip</code> encoding is the only one supported to ensure complete compatibility
+  with old browser implementations. The <code>deflate</code> encoding is not supported, 
+  please check the <a href="http://www.gzip.org/zlib/zlib_faq.html#faq38">zlib's documentation</a>
+  for a complete explanation.
+  </p>
+</section>
+
 <section id="recommended"><title>Sample Configurations</title>
     <note type="warning"><title>Compression and TLS</title>
         <p>Some web applications are vulnerable to an information disclosure