dirplex: Document the `dot-allow' directive.

diff --git a/doc/dirplex.doc b/doc/dirplex.doc
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@@ -148,6 +148,19 @@ The following configuration directives are recognized:
        may be given to turn off index file searching completely. The
        *index-file* directive accepts no follow-up lines.
 
+*dot-allow* ['PATTERN'...]::
+
+       As described under 404 RESPONSES, a path element beginning
+       with a dot character is normally rejected by default, but the
+       *dot-allow* directive allows certain dot-files or -directories
+       to be selectively allowed. Each 'PATTERN' is an ordinary glob
+       pattern, the matching of which allows access to a given path
+       element. When checking for access to dot-files or
+       -directories, only the *dot-allow* directive "closest" to the
+       file under consideration is used. It should be noted that the
+       default configuration file for *dirplex* contains a
+       *dot-allow* directive for the `.well-known` directory.
+
 *child* 'NAME'::
 
        Declares a named, persistent request handler (see *ashd*(7)