Merge branch '1.5.x'

spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-boot-features.adoc

@@ -1806,11 +1806,20 @@ Spring decides not to handle it. Most of the time this will not happen (unless y
 the default MVC configuration) because Spring will always be able to handle requests
 through the `DispatcherServlet`.
 
-You can customize the static resource locations using `spring.resources.staticLocations`
+
-(replacing the default values with a list of directory locations). If you do this the
+By default, resources are mapped on `/**` but you can tune that via
-default welcome page detection will switch to your custom locations, so if there is an
+`spring.mvc.static-path-pattern`. For instance, relocating all resources to `/resources/**`
-`index.html` in any of your locations on startup, it will be the home page of the
+can be achieved as follows:
-application.
+
+----
+	spring.mvc.static-path-pattern=/resources/**
+----
+
+You can also customize the static resource locations using
+`spring.resources.static-locations` (replacing the default values with a list of directory
+locations). If you do this the default welcome page detection will switch to your custom
+locations, so if there is an `index.html` in any of your locations on startup, it will be
+the home page of the application.
 
 In addition to the '`standard`' static resource locations above, a special case is made
 for http://www.webjars.org/[Webjars content]. Any resources with a path in `+/webjars/**+`