From 8f23243cb877d19da7703cda6392f546d3b38fa5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Daniel Tomcej <daniel.tomcej@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 9 May 2019 07:22:05 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Add note about ACME renewal

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 docs/content/https-tls/acme.md | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/content/https-tls/acme.md b/docs/content/https-tls/acme.md
index 7b8617c2d..7013c71a8 100644
--- a/docs/content/https-tls/acme.md
+++ b/docs/content/https-tls/acme.md
@@ -57,6 +57,15 @@ You can configure Traefik to use an ACME provider (like Let's Encrypt) for autom
     --8<-- "content/https-tls/ref-acme.toml"
     ```
 
+## Automatic Renewals
+
+Traefik automatically tracks the expiry date of ACME certificates it generates.
+
+If there are less than 30 days remaining before the certificate expires, Traefik will attempt to rewnew it automatically.
+
+!!! note
+    Certificates that are no longer used may still be renewed, as Traefik does not currently check if the certificate is being used before renewing.
+
 ## The Different ACME Challenges
 
 ### `tlsChallenge`