diff --git a/docs/patterns/fileuploads.rst b/docs/patterns/fileuploads.rst
index f4a9a1db..884925cf 100644
--- a/docs/patterns/fileuploads.rst
+++ b/docs/patterns/fileuploads.rst
@@ -125,27 +125,29 @@ If you now run the application everything should work as expected.
Improving Uploads
-----------------
+.. versionadded:: 0.6
+
So how exactly does Flask handle uploads? Well it will store them in the
webserver's memory if the files are reasonable small otherwise in a
temporary location (as returned by :func:`tempfile.gettempdir`). But how
do you specify the maximum file size after which an upload is aborted? By
default Flask will happily accept file uploads to an unlimited amount of
-memory, but you can limit that by subclassing the request and overriding
-the Werkzeug provided :attr:`~werkzeug.BaseRequest.max_form_memory_size`
-attribute::
+memory, but you can limit that by setting the `MAX_CONTENT_LENGTH`
+config key::
from flask import Flask, Request
- class LimitedRequest(Request):
- max_form_memory_size = 16 * 1024 * 1024
-
app = Flask(__name__)
- app.request_class = LimitedRequest
+ app.config['MAX_CONTENT_LENGTH'] = 16 * 1024 * 1024
The code above will limited the maximum allowed payload to 16 megabytes.
If a larger file is transmitted, Flask will raise an
:exc:`~werkzeug.exceptions.RequestEntityTooLarge` exception.
+This feature was added in Flask 0.6 but can be achieved in older versions
+as well by subclassing the request object. For more information on that
+consult the Werkzeug documentation on file handling.
+
Upload Progress Bars
--------------------
@@ -165,3 +167,14 @@ following libraries for some nice examples how to do that:
- `Plupload `_ - HTML5, Java, Flash
- `SWFUpload `_ - Flash
- `JumpLoader `_ - Java
+
+
+An Easier Solution
+------------------
+
+Because the common pattern for file uploads exists almost unchanged in all
+applications dealing with uploads, there is a Flask extension called
+`Flask-Uploads`_ that implements a full fledged upload mechanism with
+white and blacklisting of extensions and more.
+
+.. _Flask-Uploads: http://packages.python.org/Flask-Uploads/