diff --git a/docs/community/faq.rst b/docs/community/faq.rst index 84c6b80a..4e792eca 100644 --- a/docs/community/faq.rst +++ b/docs/community/faq.rst @@ -67,8 +67,9 @@ What are "hostname doesn't match" errors? These errors occur when :ref:`SSL certificate verification ` fails to match the certificate the server responds with to the hostname Requests thinks it's contacting. If you're certain the server's SSL setup is -correct (for example, because you can visit the site with your browser) a -possible explanation is Request's is lacking Server-Name-Indication. +correct (for example, because you can visit the site with your browser) and +you're using Python 2.6 or 2.7, a possible explanation is that you need +Server-Name-Indication. `Server-Name-Indication`_, or SNI, is an official extension to SSL where the client tells the server what hostname it is contacting. This enables `virtual