added some more text about libcurl using

1 files changed, 15 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/docs/README.libcurl b/docs/README.libcurl
index 579989fa1..f9564fa5a 100644
--- a/docs/README.libcurl
+++ b/docs/README.libcurl
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ The Easy Interface
  When using the easy interface, you init your easy-session and get a handle,
  which you use as input to the following interface functions you use.
 
- You continue be setting all the options you want in the upcoming transfer,
+ You continue by setting all the options you want in the upcoming transfer,
  most important among them is the URL itself. You might want to set some
  callbacks as well that will be called from the library when data is available
  etc.
@@ -39,13 +39,23 @@ The Easy Interface
  When all is setup, you tell libcurl to perform the transfer. It will then do
  the entire operation and won't return until it is done or failed.
 
- After the performance is made, you cleanup the easy-session's handle and
- libcurl is entire off the hook!
-
- See the separate man pages for the libcurl functions for details:
+ After the transfer has been made, you cleanup the easy-session's handle and
+ libcurl is entirely off the hook!
 
         curl_easy_init() 
         curl_easy_setopt() 
         curl_easy_perform() 
         curl_easy_cleanup() 
 
+ While the above four functions are the main functions to use in the easy
+ interface, there is a series of helpful functions to use. They are:
+
+        curl_version()        - displays the libcurl version
+        curl_getdate()        - converts a date string to time_t
+        curl_getenv()         - portable environment variable reader
+        curl_formparse()      - helps building a HTTP form POST
+        curl_slist_append()   - builds a linked list
+        curl_slist_free_all() - frees a whole curl_slist
+
+ Read the separate man pages for these functions for details!
+