add docs for the new env variable and a changelog entry

hashicorp · Oct 6, 2021 · 7c10fcd · 7c10fcd
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+```release-note:improvement
+api: Support VAULT_HTTP_PROXY environment variable to allow overriding the Vault client's HTTP proxy
+```
diff --git a/website/content/docs/commands/index.mdx b/website/content/docs/commands/index.mdx
@@ -323,6 +323,12 @@ can be supplied. If a MFA method expects multiple credential values, or if there
 are multiple MFA methods specified on a path, then the CLI flag `-mfa` should be
 used.
 
+### `VAULT_HTTP_PROXY`
+
+HTTP proxy location which should be used to access Vault. When present, this
+overrides any other proxies found in the environment. Format should be
+`http://server:port`.
+
 ## Flags
 
 There are different CLI flags that are available depending on subcommands. Some