Merge pull request #238 from SimonSapin/doc-SERVER_NAME-fix

Clarify in docs that the SERVER_NAME config can also take a port number.
14 years ago · c7ff139481
1 changed files with 3 additions and 2 deletions
--- a/docs/config.rst
+++ b/docs/config.rst
@ -65,8 +65,9 @@ The following configuration values are used internally by Flask:
                                :class:`datetime.timedelta` object.
 ``USE_X_SENDFILE``              enable/disable x-sendfile
 ``LOGGER_NAME``                 the name of the logger
-``SERVER_NAME``                 the name of the server.  Required for
-                                subdomain support (e.g.: ``'localhost'``)
+``SERVER_NAME``                 the name and port number of the server.
+                                Required for subdomain support (e.g.:
+                                ``'localhost:5000'``)
 ``MAX_CONTENT_LENGTH``          If set to a value in bytes, Flask will
                                reject incoming requests with a
                                content length greater than this by