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@@ -16,6 +16,14 @@
 
 This module defines classes for implementing HTTP servers (Web servers).
 
+Security Considerations
+-----------------------
+
+http.server is meant for demo purposes and does not implement the stringent
+security checks needed of real HTTP server. We do not recommend
+using this module directly in production.
+
+
 One class, :class:`HTTPServer`, is a :class:`socketserver.TCPServer` subclass.
 It creates and listens at the HTTP socket, dispatching the requests to a
 handler.  Code to create and run the server looks like this::