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diff --git a/docs/MANUAL b/docs/MANUAL index 6dbfd24b5..4ad2e135e 100644 --- a/docs/MANUAL +++ b/docs/MANUAL @@ -113,9 +113,10 @@ USING PASSWORDS ones out of the ones that the server accepts for the given URL, by using --anyauth. - NOTE! Since HTTP URLs don't support user and password, you can't use that - style when using Curl via a proxy. You _must_ use the -u style fetch - during such circumstances. + NOTE! According to the URL specification, HTTP URLs can not contain a user + and password, so that style will not work when using curl via a proxy, even + though curl allows it at other times. When using a proxy, you _must_ use + the -u style for user and password. HTTPS |