Setting documentation.

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 .. _wget: http://www.gnu.org/software/wget/manual/wget.html
 
+.. setting:: REACTOR_THREADPOOL_MAXSIZE
+
+REACTOR_THREADPOOL_MAXSIZE
+------------------
+
+Default: ``10``
+
+The maximum limit for Twisted Reactor thread pool size. This is common multi-purpose thread pool used by various
+Scrapy components. Threaded DNS Resolver, BlockingFeedStorage, S3FilesStore just to name a few. Increase this value if
+you're experiencing problems with insufficient blocking IO.
+
 .. setting:: REDIRECT_MAX_TIMES
 
 REDIRECT_MAX_TIMES