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@@ -188,6 +188,15 @@ The possible keywords and their descriptions are as follows:
The number of servers to start initially. This should usually be
set to a value between MinSpareServers and MaxSpareServers.
+*MaxRequestsPerChild*::
+
+ This limits the number of connections that a child process
+ will handle before it is killed. The default value is `0`
+ which disables this feature. This option is meant as an
+ emergency measure in the case of problems with memory leakage.
+ In that case, setting `MaxRequestsPerChild` to a value of e.g.
+ 1000, or 10000 can be useful.
+
BUGS
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