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@@ -85,15 +85,11 @@ For a more detailed description, see :ref:`settings engine` in the :ref:`settin
Overrides
---------
-.. sidebar:: engine's global names
-
- Global names with a leading underline are *private to the engine* and will
- not be overwritten.
-
A few of the options have default values in the namespace of engine's python
modul, but are often overwritten by the settings. If ``None`` is assigned to an
option in the engine file, it has to be redefined in the settings, otherwise
-searx will not start with that engine.
+searx will not start with that engine (global names with a leading underline can
+be ``None``).
Here is an very simple example of the global names in the namespace of engine's
module: