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diff --git a/docs/howto/error-reporting.txt b/docs/howto/error-reporting.txt
index 4642c39a92..c15c1d872d 100644
--- a/docs/howto/error-reporting.txt
+++ b/docs/howto/error-reporting.txt
@@ -84,10 +84,12 @@ crawlers often request::
import re
IGNORABLE_404_URLS = (
re.compile(r'^/apple-touch-icon.*\.png$'),
- re.compile(r'^/favicon.ico$),
- re.compile(r'^/robots.txt$),
+ re.compile(r'^/favicon\.ico$),
+ re.compile(r'^/robots\.txt$),
)
+(Note that these are regular expressions, so we put a backslash in front of
+periods to escape them.)
The best way to disable this behavior is to set
:setting:`SEND_BROKEN_LINK_EMAILS` to ``False``.