- add some background on nullrel_0_5_4

1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/dogpile/cache/backends/null.py b/dogpile/cache/backends/null.py
index d5d50aa..c1f46a9 100644
--- a/dogpile/cache/backends/null.py
+++ b/dogpile/cache/backends/null.py
@@ -25,6 +25,18 @@ class NullLock(object):
 
 
 class NullBackend(CacheBackend):
+    """A "null" backend that effectively disables all cache operations.
+
+    Basic usage::
+
+        from dogpile.cache import make_region
+
+        region = make_region().configure(
+            'dogpile.cache.null'
+        )
+
+    """
+
     def __init__(self, arguments):
         pass