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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/ref/settings.txt | 7 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/docs/ref/settings.txt b/docs/ref/settings.txt index 7937995442..dc247d0bb5 100644 --- a/docs/ref/settings.txt +++ b/docs/ref/settings.txt @@ -2279,8 +2279,11 @@ available in ``request.META``.) Default: ``[]`` (Empty list) If a URL path matches a regular expression in this list, the request will not be -redirected to HTTPS. If :setting:`SECURE_SSL_REDIRECT` is ``False``, this -setting has no effect. +redirected to HTTPS. The +:class:`~django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware` strips leading slashes +from URL paths, so patterns shouldn't include them, e.g. +``SECURE_REDIRECT_EXEMPT = [r'^no-ssl/$', …]``. If +:setting:`SECURE_SSL_REDIRECT` is ``False``, this setting has no effect. .. setting:: SECURE_SSL_HOST |