Improved description of allowed throttling rates (#9640)

decadenza · web-flow · commit 8637b3d62406 · 2025-01-30T10:03:11.000Z
diff --git a/docs/api-guide/throttling.md b/docs/api-guide/throttling.md
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ The default throttling policy may be set globally, using the `DEFAULT_THROTTLE_C
         }
     }
 
-The rate descriptions used in `DEFAULT_THROTTLE_RATES` may include `second`, `minute`, `hour` or `day` as the throttle period.
+The rates used in `DEFAULT_THROTTLE_RATES` can be specified over a period of second, minute, hour or day. The period must be specified after the `/` separator using `s`, `m`, `h` or `d`, respectively. For increased clarity, extended units such as `second`, `minute`, `hour`, `day` or even abbreviations like `sec`, `min`, `hr` are allowed, as only the first character is relevant to identify the rate.
 
 You can also set the throttling policy on a per-view or per-viewset basis,
 using the `APIView` class-based views.

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@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ The default throttling policy may be set globally, using the `DEFAULT_THROTTLE_C
`45`	`45`	`}`
`46`	`46`	`}`
`47`	`47`
`48`		-The rate descriptions used in `DEFAULT_THROTTLE_RATES` may include `second`, `minute`, `hour` or `day` as the throttle period.
	`48`	+The rates used in `DEFAULT_THROTTLE_RATES` can be specified over a period of second, minute, hour or day. The period must be specified after the `/` separator using `s`, `m`, `h` or `d`, respectively. For increased clarity, extended units such as `second`, `minute`, `hour`, `day` or even abbreviations like `sec`, `min`, `hr` are allowed, as only the first character is relevant to identify the rate.
`49`	`49`
`50`	`50`	`You can also set the throttling policy on a per-view or per-viewset basis,`
`51`	`51`	using the `APIView` class-based views.