From 51a3378290e672bc072444b57198974235b52030 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Maximilian Hils Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2015 10:47:14 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] improve reverse proxy docs --- docs/features/reverseproxy.rst | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/features/reverseproxy.rst b/docs/features/reverseproxy.rst index 77e9327ce..87065e73b 100644 --- a/docs/features/reverseproxy.rst +++ b/docs/features/reverseproxy.rst @@ -3,15 +3,15 @@ Reverse Proxy ============= -In reverse proxy mode, mitmproxy accepts standard HTTP requests and forwards +In reverse proxy mode, mitmproxy accepts standard HTTP(S) requests and forwards them to the specified upstream server. This is in contrast to :ref:`upstreamproxy`, in which -mitmproxy forwards HTTP proxy requests to an upstream proxy server. +mitmproxy forwards HTTP(S) proxy requests to an upstream proxy server. ================== ===================================== command-line :option:`-R http[s]://hostname[:port]` ================== ===================================== -Here, **scheme** signifies if the proxy should use TLS to connect to the server. +Here, **http[s]** signifies if the proxy should use TLS to connect to the server. mitmproxy always accepts both encrypted and unencrypted requests and transforms them to what the server expects.