diff --git a/docs/_rpc/server.md b/docs/_rpc/server.md index 8a7a04a446..9918f7093b 100644 --- a/docs/_rpc/server.md +++ b/docs/_rpc/server.md @@ -32,11 +32,11 @@ The default listening port is 8545. You can customize address and port using the JSON-RPC method namespaces must be whitelisted in order to be available through the HTTP server. An RPC error with error code `-32602` is generated if you call a -namespace that isn't whitelisted. The default whitelist allows access to the "eth" -and "shh" namespaces. To enable access to other APIs like account management ("personal") -and debugging ("debug"), they must be configured via the `--http.api` flag. We do -not recommend enabling such APIs over HTTP, however, since access to these -methods increases the attack surface. +namespace that isn't whitelisted. The default whitelist allows access to the "eth", "net" +and "web3" namespaces. To overwrite the default whitelist and enable access to other APIs +like account management ("personal") and debugging ("debug"), they must be configured via the +`--http.api` flag. We do not recommend enabling such APIs over HTTP, however, +since access to these methods increases the attack surface. geth --http --http.api personal,eth,net,web3