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@@ -530,8 +530,9 @@ cached separately. This middleware expects that a HEAD request is answered with
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the same response headers as the corresponding GET request; in which case it can
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return a cached GET response for HEAD request.
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-Additionally, ``UpdateCacheMiddleware`` automatically sets a few headers in each
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-:class:`~django.http.HttpResponse`:
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+Additionally, ``UpdateCacheMiddleware`` automatically sets a few headers in
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+each :class:`~django.http.HttpResponse` which affect :ref:`downstream caches
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+<downstream-caches>`:
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* Sets the ``Expires`` header to the current date/time plus the defined
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:setting:`CACHE_MIDDLEWARE_SECONDS`.
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@@ -621,6 +622,10 @@ The ``key_prefix`` and ``cache`` arguments may be specified together. The
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``key_prefix`` argument and the :setting:`KEY_PREFIX <CACHES-KEY_PREFIX>`
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specified under :setting:`CACHES` will be concatenated.
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+Additionally, ``cache_page`` automatically sets ``Cache-Control`` and
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+``Expires`` headers in the response which affect :ref:`downstream caches
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+<downstream-caches>`.
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+
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.. versionchanged:: 3.1
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In older versions, the ``max-age`` directive from the ``Cache-Control``
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@@ -1109,6 +1114,8 @@ instance, to do this for the ``locmem`` backend, put this code in a module::
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...and use the dotted Python path to this class in the
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:setting:`BACKEND <CACHES-BACKEND>` portion of your :setting:`CACHES` setting.
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+.. _downstream-caches:
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+
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Downstream caches
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=================
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