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 About
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 `ngx_cache_purge` is `nginx` module which adds ability to purge content from
-`FastCGI`, `proxy`, `SCGI` and `uWSGI` caches.
+`FastCGI`, `proxy`, `SCGI` and `uWSGI` caches. A purge operation removes the 
+content with the same cache key as the purge request has.
 
 
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