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diff --git a/docs/curl.1 b/docs/curl.1
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@@ -615,6 +615,10 @@ The given speed is measured in bytes/second, unless a suffix is appended.
Appending 'k' or 'K' will count the number as kilobytes, 'm' or M' makes it
megabytes while 'g' or 'G' makes it gigabytes. Examples: 200K, 3m and 1G.
+The given rate is the average speed, counted during the entire transfer. It
+means that curl might use higher transfer speeds in short bursts, but over
+time it uses no more than the given rate.
+
If you are also using the \fI-Y/--speed-limit\fP option, that option will take
precedence and might cripple the rate-limiting slightly, to help keeping the
speed-limit logic working.