diff --git a/docs/cache.txt b/docs/cache.txt index 6c1a3140d5..f8986b9115 100644 --- a/docs/cache.txt +++ b/docs/cache.txt @@ -306,24 +306,23 @@ allows applications to do the following: because the cache copy isn't yet expired.) In Django, use the ``cache_control`` view decorator to specify these cache -parameters. In this example, the ``cache_control`` decorator tells caches to -revalidate the cache on every access and to store cached versions for, at most, -3600 seconds:: +parameters. In this example, ``cache_control`` tells caches to revalidate the +cache on every access and to store cached versions for, at most, 3600 seconds:: from django.views.decorators.cache import cache_control @cache_control(must_revalidate=True, max_age=3600) def my_view(request): ... -Any valid Cache-Control directive is valid in ``cache_control()``. For a full -list, see the `Cache-Control spec`_. Just pass the directives as keyword +Any valid ``Cache-Control`` directive is valid in ``cache_control()``. For a +full list, see the `Cache-Control spec`_. Just pass the directives as keyword arguments to ``cache_control()``, substituting underscores for hyphens. For directives that don't take an argument, set the argument to ``True``. Examples: - ``@cache_control(max_age=3600)`` turns into ``max-age=3600``. - ``@cache_control(public=True)`` turns into ``public``. + * ``@cache_control(max_age=3600)`` turns into ``max-age=3600``. + * ``@cache_control(public=True)`` turns into ``public``. (Note that the caching middleware already sets the cache header's max-age with the value of the ``CACHE_MIDDLEWARE_SETTINGS`` setting. If you use a custom