From 377dc2cda2c3a7aa02f5d761631f73c58745ed9d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tom Christie
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2013 20:49:20 +0000
Subject: Only honor X-HTTP-Method-Override for POST requests.

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 docs/topics/browser-enhancements.md | 8 +++-----
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diff --git a/docs/topics/browser-enhancements.md b/docs/topics/browser-enhancements.md
index 8b191423..ce07fe95 100644
--- a/docs/topics/browser-enhancements.md
+++ b/docs/topics/browser-enhancements.md
@@ -21,11 +21,9 @@ For example, given the following form:
 
 ## HTTP header based method overriding
 
-REST framework also supports method overriding via the `X-HTTP-Method-Override` 
-header. This is useful if you are working with non-form content such as
-JSON and are working with an older web server and/or hosting provider 
-(e.g. [Amazon Web Services ELB][aws_elb]) that doesn't recognise particular 
-HTTP methods such as `PATCH`. 
+REST framework also supports method overriding via the semi-standard `X-HTTP-Method-Override` header. This can be useful if you are working with non-form content such as JSON and are working with an older web server and/or hosting provider that doesn't recognise particular HTTP methods such as `PATCH`. For example [Amazon Web Services ELB][aws_elb].
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+To use it, make a `POST` request, setting the `X-HTTP-Method-Override` header.
 
 For example, making a `PATCH` request via `POST` in jQuery:
 
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