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diff --git a/docs/curl.1 b/docs/curl.1 index 301461339..dd5d1d758 100644 --- a/docs/curl.1 +++ b/docs/curl.1 @@ -704,6 +704,11 @@ able to intercept the user+password. See also \fI--location-trusted\fP on how to change this. You can limit the amount of redirects to follow by using the \fI--max-redirs\fP option. +When curl follows a redirect and the request is not a plain GET (for example +POST or PUT), it will do the following request with a GET if the HTTP response +was 301, 302, or 303. If the response code was any other 3xx code, curl will +re-send the following request using the same unmodified method. + If this option is used twice, the second will again disable location following. .IP "--location-trusted" (HTTP/HTTPS) Like \fI-L/--location\fP, but will allow sending the name + |