documented the init_worker_by_lua_block {} directive.

README.markdown

@@ -1070,6 +1070,7 @@ Directives
 * [init_by_lua_block](#init_by_lua_block)
 * [init_by_lua_file](#init_by_lua_file)
 * [init_worker_by_lua](#init_worker_by_lua)
+* [init_worker_by_lua_block](#init_worker_by_lua_block)
 * [init_worker_by_lua_file](#init_worker_by_lua_file)
 * [set_by_lua](#set_by_lua)
 * [set_by_lua_block](#set_by_lua_block)
@@ -1328,7 +1329,7 @@ For instance,
 ```nginx
 
  init_by_lua_block {
-     print("I need no extra escapings here, for example: \r\nblah")
+     print("I need no extra escaping here, for example: \r\nblah")
  }
 ```
 
@@ -1362,9 +1363,11 @@ init_worker_by_lua
 
 **phase:** *starting-worker*
 
+**WARNING** Since the `v0.9.17` release, use of this directive is *discouraged*; use the new [init_worker_by_lua_block](#init_worker_by_lua_block) directive instead.
+
 Runs the specified Lua code upon every Nginx worker process's startup when the master process is enabled. When the master process is disabled, this hook will just run after [init_by_lua*](#init_by_lua).
 
-This hook is often used to create per-worker reoccurring timers (via the [ngx.timer.at](#ngxtimerat) Lua API), either for backend healthcheck or other timed routine work. Below is an example,
+This hook is often used to create per-worker reoccurring timers (via the [ngx.timer.at](#ngxtimerat) Lua API), either for backend health-check or other timed routine work. Below is an example,
 
 ```nginx
 
@@ -1398,6 +1401,33 @@ This directive was first introduced in the `v0.9.5` release.
 
 [Back to TOC](#directives)
 
+init_worker_by_lua_block
+------------------------
+
+**syntax:** *init_worker_by_lua_block { lua-script }*
+
+**context:** *http*
+
+**phase:** *starting-worker*
+
+Similar to the [init_worker_by_lua](#init_worker_by_lua) directive except that this directive inlines
+the Lua source directly
+inside a pair of curly braces (`{}`) instead of in an NGINX string literal (which requires
+special character escaping).
+
+For instance,
+
+```nginx
+
+ init_worker_by_lua_block {
+     print("I need no extra escaping here, for example: \r\nblah")
+ }
+```
+
+This directive was first introduced in the `v0.9.17` release.
+
+[Back to TOC](#directives)
+
 init_worker_by_lua_file
 -----------------------
 

doc/HttpLuaModule.wiki

@@ -1074,7 +1074,7 @@ For instance,
 
 <geshi lang="nginx">
     init_by_lua_block {
-        print("I need no extra escapings here, for example: \r\nblah")
+        print("I need no extra escaping here, for example: \r\nblah")
     }
 </geshi>
 
@@ -1102,9 +1102,11 @@ This directive was first introduced in the <code>v0.5.5</code> release.
 
 '''phase:''' ''starting-worker''
 
+'''WARNING''' Since the <code>v0.9.17</code> release, use of this directive is ''discouraged''; use the new [[#init_worker_by_lua_block|init_worker_by_lua_block]] directive instead.
+
 Runs the specified Lua code upon every Nginx worker process's startup when the master process is enabled. When the master process is disabled, this hook will just run after [[#init_by_lua|init_by_lua*]].
 
-This hook is often used to create per-worker reoccurring timers (via the [[#ngx.timer.at|ngx.timer.at]] Lua API), either for backend healthcheck or other timed routine work. Below is an example,
+This hook is often used to create per-worker reoccurring timers (via the [[#ngx.timer.at|ngx.timer.at]] Lua API), either for backend health-check or other timed routine work. Below is an example,
 
 <geshi lang="nginx">
     init_worker_by_lua '
@@ -1135,6 +1137,29 @@ This hook is often used to create per-worker reoccurring timers (via the [[#ngx.
 
 This directive was first introduced in the <code>v0.9.5</code> release.
 
+== init_worker_by_lua_block ==
+
+'''syntax:''' ''init_worker_by_lua_block { lua-script }''
+
+'''context:''' ''http''
+
+'''phase:''' ''starting-worker''
+
+Similar to the [[#init_worker_by_lua|init_worker_by_lua]] directive except that this directive inlines
+the Lua source directly
+inside a pair of curly braces (`{}`) instead of in an NGINX string literal (which requires
+special character escaping).
+
+For instance,
+
+<geshi lang="nginx">
+    init_worker_by_lua_block {
+        print("I need no extra escaping here, for example: \r\nblah")
+    }
+</geshi>
+
+This directive was first introduced in the <code>v0.9.17</code> release.
+
 == init_worker_by_lua_file ==
 
 '''syntax:''' ''init_worker_by_lua_file <lua-file-path>''