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@@ -65,6 +65,10 @@ calling the root factory callable passed to the application in it's
your ZCML ``route`` statements appropriately, you can mix and match
URL dispatch and traversal in this way.
+A root factory is not required for purely URL-dispatch-based apps: if
+the root factory callable is ``None``, :mod:`repoze.bfg` will return a
+NotFound error to the user's browser when no routes match.
+
.. note:: See :ref:`modelspy_project_section` for an example of a
simple root factory callable that will use traversal.