diff --git a/docs/manual/mod/mod_actions.html.en b/docs/manual/mod/mod_actions.html.en
index 3aa737f788..26e3eb1aab 100644
--- a/docs/manual/mod/mod_actions.html.en
+++ b/docs/manual/mod/mod_actions.html.en
@@ -56,11 +56,13 @@ media type or request method.</td></tr>
 <table class="directive">
 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Activates a CGI script for a particular handler or
 content-type</td></tr>
-<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>Action <var>action-type</var> <var>cgi-script</var></code></td></tr>
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>Action <var>action-type</var> <var>cgi-script</var> [virtual]</code></td></tr>
 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host, directory, .htaccess</td></tr>
 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Override">Override:</a></th><td>FileInfo</td></tr>
 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Base</td></tr>
 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_actions</td></tr>
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Compatibility">Compatibility:</a></th><td>The <code>virtual</code> modifier was introduced in Apache
+2.1</td></tr>
 </table>
     <p>This directive adds an action, which will activate
     <var>cgi-script</var> when <var>action-type</var> is triggered by the
@@ -88,6 +90,20 @@ content-type</td></tr>
     <code>.xyz</code> are handled instead by the specified cgi script 
     <code>/cgi-bin/program.cgi</code>.</p>
 
+    <p>The optional <code>virtual</code> modifier turns off the check
+    whether the requested file really exists. This is useful, for example,
+    if you want to use the <code class="directive">Action</code> directive in
+    virtual locations.</p>
+
+    <div class="example"><h3>Example</h3><p><code>
+      &lt;Location /news&gt;<br />
+      <span class="indent">
+        SetHandler news-handler
+        Action news-handler /cgi-bin/news.cgi virtual
+      </span>
+      &lt;/Location&gt;
+    </code></p></div>
+
 <h3>See also</h3>
 <ul>
 <li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_mime.html#addhandler">AddHandler</a></code></li>
diff --git a/docs/manual/mod/quickreference.html.de b/docs/manual/mod/quickreference.html.de
index eec7221e70..40ca580323 100644
--- a/docs/manual/mod/quickreference.html.de
+++ b/docs/manual/mod/quickreference.html.de
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
   Kindprozesse, die Anfragen an Netzwerk-Sockets entgegennehmen.</td></tr>
 <tr class="odd"><td><a href="core.html#acceptpathinfo">AcceptPathInfo On|Off|Default</a></td><td> Default </td><td>svdh</td><td>C</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td class="descr" colspan="4">Ressourcen lassen angehängte Pfadangaben zu</td></tr>
 <tr><td><a href="core.html#accessfilename">AccessFileName <var>Dateiname</var> [<var>Dateiname</var>] ...</a></td><td> .htaccess </td><td>sv</td><td>C</td></tr><tr><td class="descr" colspan="4">Name der dezentralen Konfigurationsdateien</td></tr>
-<tr class="odd"><td><a href="mod_actions.html#action">Action <var>action-type</var> <var>cgi-script</var></a></td><td /><td>svdh</td><td>B</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td class="descr" colspan="4">Activates a CGI script for a particular handler or
+<tr class="odd"><td><a href="mod_actions.html#action">Action <var>action-type</var> <var>cgi-script</var> [virtual]</a></td><td /><td>svdh</td><td>B</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td class="descr" colspan="4">Activates a CGI script for a particular handler or
 content-type</td></tr>
 <tr><td><a href="mod_autoindex.html#addalt">AddAlt <var>string</var> <var>file</var> [<var>file</var>] ...</a></td><td /><td>svdh</td><td>B</td></tr><tr><td class="descr" colspan="4">Alternate text to display for a file, instead of an
 icon selected by filename</td></tr>
diff --git a/docs/manual/mod/quickreference.html.en b/docs/manual/mod/quickreference.html.en
index c62a9a7fee..bbb62e051a 100644
--- a/docs/manual/mod/quickreference.html.en
+++ b/docs/manual/mod/quickreference.html.en
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
 accepting requests on network sockets</td></tr>
 <tr class="odd"><td><a href="core.html#acceptpathinfo">AcceptPathInfo On|Off|Default</a></td><td> Default </td><td>svdh</td><td>C</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td class="descr" colspan="4">Resources accept trailing pathname information</td></tr>
 <tr><td><a href="core.html#accessfilename">AccessFileName <var>filename</var> [<var>filename</var>] ...</a></td><td> .htaccess </td><td>sv</td><td>C</td></tr><tr><td class="descr" colspan="4">Name of the distributed configuration file</td></tr>
-<tr class="odd"><td><a href="mod_actions.html#action">Action <var>action-type</var> <var>cgi-script</var></a></td><td /><td>svdh</td><td>B</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td class="descr" colspan="4">Activates a CGI script for a particular handler or
+<tr class="odd"><td><a href="mod_actions.html#action">Action <var>action-type</var> <var>cgi-script</var> [virtual]</a></td><td /><td>svdh</td><td>B</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td class="descr" colspan="4">Activates a CGI script for a particular handler or
 content-type</td></tr>
 <tr><td><a href="mod_autoindex.html#addalt">AddAlt <var>string</var> <var>file</var> [<var>file</var>] ...</a></td><td /><td>svdh</td><td>B</td></tr><tr><td class="descr" colspan="4">Alternate text to display for a file, instead of an
 icon selected by filename</td></tr>