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@@ -817,6 +817,11 @@ of a Pyramid application lifetime. To do so, set the
``prevent_http_cache`` configuration value setting to a true value. For more
information, see :ref:`preventing_http_caching`.
+Note that setting ``prevent_http_cache`` will have no effect on caching
+headers that your application code itself sets. It will only prevent caching
+headers that would have been set by the Pyramid HTTP caching machinery
+invoked as the result of the ``http_cache`` argument to view configuration.
+
.. index::
pair: matching views; printing
single: paster pviews