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diff --git a/doc/src/manual/cowboy_http.asciidoc b/doc/src/manual/cowboy_http.asciidoc
index 21a6d65..3592456 100644
--- a/doc/src/manual/cowboy_http.asciidoc
+++ b/doc/src/manual/cowboy_http.asciidoc
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ opts() :: #{
max_skip_body_length => non_neg_integer(),
middlewares => [module()],
request_timeout => timeout(),
+ sendfile => boolean(),
shutdown_timeout => timeout(),
stream_handlers => [module()]
}
@@ -96,6 +97,11 @@ middlewares ([cowboy_router, cowboy_handler])::
request_timeout (5000)::
Time in ms with no requests before Cowboy closes the connection.
+sendfile (true)::
+ Whether the sendfile syscall may be used. It can be useful to disable
+ it on systems where the syscall has a buggy implementation, for example
+ under VirtualBox when using shared folders.
+
shutdown_timeout (5000)::
Time in ms Cowboy will wait for child processes to shut down before killing them.
@@ -104,6 +110,7 @@ stream_handlers ([cowboy_stream_h])::
== Changelog
+* *2.6*: The `sendfile` option was added.
* *2.5*: The `linger_timeout` option was added.
* *2.2*: The `max_skip_body_length` option was added.
* *2.0*: The `timeout` option was renamed `request_timeout`.