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-rw-r--r--pyramid/config.py11
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/pyramid/config.py b/pyramid/config.py
index 5c97e25de..68b9ca449 100644
--- a/pyramid/config.py
+++ b/pyramid/config.py
@@ -892,11 +892,12 @@ class Configurator(object):
def get_settings(self):
"""
- Return a 'settings' object for the current application. A
- 'settings' object is a dictionary-like object that contains
- key/value pairs based on the dictionary passed as the ``settings``
- argument to the :class:`pyramid.config.Configurator`
- constructor or the :func:`pyramid.router.make_app` API.
+ Return a :term:`deployment settings` object for the current
+ application. A deployment settings object is a dictionary-like
+ object that contains key/value pairs based on the dictionary passed
+ as the ``settings`` argument to the
+ :class:`pyramid.config.Configurator` constructor or the
+ :func:`pyramid.router.make_app` API.
.. note:: For backwards compatibility, dictionary keys can also be
looked up as attributes of the settings object.