Update Redis cache store docs

1 files changed, 34 insertions, 14 deletions

diff --git a/guides/source/caching_with_rails.md b/guides/source/caching_with_rails.md
index 5dde6f34fa..3f357b532b 100644
--- a/guides/source/caching_with_rails.md
+++ b/guides/source/caching_with_rails.md
@@ -446,30 +446,28 @@ config.cache_store = :mem_cache_store, "cache-1.example.com", "cache-2.example.c
 
 ### ActiveSupport::Cache::RedisCacheStore
 
-The Redis cache store takes advantage of Redis support for least-recently-used
-and least-frequently-used key eviction when it reaches max memory, allowing it
-to behave much like a Memcached cache server.
+The Redis cache store takes advantage of Redis support for automatic eviction
+when it reaches max memory, allowing it to behave much like a Memcached cache server.
 
 Deployment note: Redis doesn't expire keys by default, so take care to use a
 dedicated Redis cache server. Don't fill up your persistent-Redis server with
 volatile cache data! Read the
 [Redis cache server setup guide](https://redis.io/topics/lru-cache) in detail.
 
-For an all-cache Redis server, set `maxmemory-policy` to an `allkeys` policy.
-Redis 4+ support least-frequently-used (`allkeys-lfu`) eviction, an excellent
-default choice. Redis 3 and earlier should use `allkeys-lru` for
-least-recently-used eviction.
+For a cache-only Redis server, set `maxmemory-policy` to one of the variants of allkeys.
+Redis 4+ supports least-frequently-used eviction (`allkeys-lfu`), an excellent
+default choice. Redis 3 and earlier should use least-recently-used eviction (`allkeys-lru`).
 
 Set cache read and write timeouts relatively low. Regenerating a cached value
 is often faster than waiting more than a second to retrieve it. Both read and
 write timeouts default to 1 second, but may be set lower if your network is
-consistently low latency.
+consistently low-latency.
 
 By default, the cache store will not attempt to reconnect to Redis if the
 connection fails during a request. If you experience frequent disconnects you
 may wish to enable reconnect attempts.
 
-Cache reads and writes never raise exceptions. They just return `nil` instead,
+Cache reads and writes never raise exceptions; they just return `nil` instead,
 behaving as if there was nothing in the cache. To gauge whether your cache is
 hitting exceptions, you may provide an `error_handler` to report to an
 exception gathering service. It must accept three keyword arguments: `method`,
@@ -477,12 +475,33 @@ the cache store method that was originally called; `returning`, the value that
 was returned to the user, typically `nil`; and `exception`, the exception that
 was rescued.
 
-Putting it all together, a production Redis cache store may look something
-like this:
+To get started, add the redis gem to your Gemfile:
 
 ```ruby
-cache_servers = %w[ "redis://cache-01:6379/0", "redis://cache-02:6379/0", … ],
-config.cache_store = :redis_cache_store, url: cache_servers,
+gem 'redis'
+```
+
+You can enable support for the faster [hiredis](https://github.com/redis/hiredis)
+connection library by additionally adding its ruby wrapper to your Gemfile:
+
+```ruby
+gem 'hiredis'
+```
+
+Redis cache store will automatically require & use hiredis if available. No further
+configuration is needed.
+
+Finally, add the configuration in the relevant `config/environments/*.rb` file:
+
+```ruby
+config.cache_store = :redis_cache_store, { url: ENV['REDIS_URL'] }
+```
+
+A more complex, production Redis cache store may look something like this:
+
+```ruby
+cache_servers = %w(redis://cache-01:6379/0 redis://cache-02:6379/0)
+config.cache_store = :redis_cache_store, { url: cache_servers,
 
   connect_timeout:    30,  # Defaults to 20 seconds
   read_timeout:       0.2, # Defaults to 1 second
@@ -491,9 +510,10 @@ config.cache_store = :redis_cache_store, url: cache_servers,
 
   error_handler: -> (method:, returning:, exception:) {
     # Report errors to Sentry as warnings
-    Raven.capture_exception exception, level: 'warning",
+    Raven.capture_exception exception, level: 'warning',
       tags: { method: method, returning: returning }
   }
+}
 ```
 
 ### ActiveSupport::Cache::NullStore