# HG changeset patch
# User Vladimir Homutov <vl@nginx.com>
# Date 1344591338 0
# Node ID 7158aa1ec5200e820667bd6628a98b194380ef83
# Parent  13f64b371d2c3f1133242e4ca534052863709b6a
Added special server name '$hostname' description.

diff --git a/xml/en/docs/http/server_names.xml b/xml/en/docs/http/server_names.xml
--- a/xml/en/docs/http/server_names.xml
+++ b/xml/en/docs/http/server_names.xml
@@ -224,9 +224,11 @@ If no
 is defined in a <link doc="ngx_http_core_module.xml" id="server"/> block
 then nginx uses the empty name as the server name.
 <note>
-nginx versions up to 0.8.48 used the <i>hostname</i> as the server name
+nginx versions up to 0.8.48 used the machine’s hostname as the server name
 in this case.
 </note>
+If a server name is defined as “<literal>$hostname</literal>” (0.9.4), the
+machine’s hostname is used.
 </para>
 
 <para>
@@ -434,6 +436,11 @@ then nginx has to execute the expression
 <list type="bullet">
 
 <listitem>
+The special server name “<literal>$hostname</literal>” has been supported
+since 0.9.4.
+</listitem>
+
+<listitem>
 A default server name value is an empty name “” since 0.8.48.
 </listitem>