diff --git a/docs/README.md b/docs/README.md index 33a33ae..eb27d77 100644 --- a/docs/README.md +++ b/docs/README.md @@ -579,8 +579,9 @@ _WARNING_: HSTS will force your users to visit the HTTPS version of your site fo ### Missing Certificate If no matching certificate is found for a given virtual host, nginx-proxy will: -* configure nginx to use the default certificate (`default.crt` with `default.key`) and return a 500 error for HTTPS, -* force enable HTTP; i.e. `HTTPS_METHOD` will switch to `noredirect` if it was set to `nohttp` or `redirect`. + +- configure nginx to use the default certificate (`default.crt` with `default.key`) and return a 500 error for HTTPS, +- force enable HTTP; i.e. `HTTPS_METHOD` will switch to `noredirect` if it was set to `nohttp` or `redirect`. If the default certificate is also missing, nginx-proxy will configure nginx to accept HTTPS connections but fail the TLS negotiation. Client browsers will render a TLS error page. As of March 2023, web browsers display the following error messages: