      Also this helper function only serves the actual :setting:`STATIC_ROOT`
      folder; it doesn't perform static files discovery like
      :mod:`django.contrib.staticfiles`.
  
  Serving files uploaded by a user during development.
  ====================================================
  
  During development, you can serve user-uploaded media files from
  :setting:`MEDIA_ROOT` using the :func:`django.contrib.staticfiles.views.serve`
 
</s> remove to a non-empty value.
 </s> add to a non-empty value. You will need to :ref:`configure these files to be served
<serving-uploaded-files-in-development>` in both development and production.
.. _serving-uploaded-files-in-development:

      Also this helper function only serves the actual :setting:`STATIC_ROOT`
      folder; it doesn't perform static files discovery like
      :mod:`django.contrib.staticfiles`.
  
.. _serving-uploaded-files-in-development:

  Serving files uploaded by a user during development.
  ====================================================
  
  During development, you can serve user-uploaded media files from
  :setting:`MEDIA_ROOT` using the :func:`django.contrib.staticfiles.views.serve`
keep keep keep add keep keep keep keep keep
 Fixed #1349 -- Clarified docs on serving files from STATIC/MEDIA_URL. 
docs/howto/static-files/index.txt