From 0ca1cc467e18c67ce53cd4dcddeab39bf4a3fcfb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Daniel Gruno <humbedooh@apache.org>
Date: Sat, 1 Sep 2012 07:01:04 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] 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/2.4.x@1379701 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68
---
 docs/manual/mod/mod_rewrite.xml | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/docs/manual/mod/mod_rewrite.xml b/docs/manual/mod/mod_rewrite.xml
index 5701c67a5c..a40f7121f6 100644
--- a/docs/manual/mod/mod_rewrite.xml
+++ b/docs/manual/mod/mod_rewrite.xml
@@ -1046,7 +1046,9 @@ 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
-- 
2.50.1