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-rw-r--r--docs/curl_easy_setopt.35
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/docs/curl_easy_setopt.3 b/docs/curl_easy_setopt.3
index 579c564f9..a18e62df5 100644
--- a/docs/curl_easy_setopt.3
+++ b/docs/curl_easy_setopt.3
@@ -52,8 +52,9 @@ function( void *ptr, size_t size, size_t nmemb, void *stream);\fP This
function gets called by libcurl as soon as there is data available to pass
available that needs to be saved. The size of the data pointed to by \fIptr\fP
is \fIsize\fP multiplied with \fInmemb\fP. Return the number of bytes
-actually written or return -1 to signal error to the library (it will cause it
-to abort the transfer with \fICURLE_WRITE_ERROR\fP).
+actually taken care of. If that amount differs from the amount passed to your
+function, it'll signal an error to the library and it will abort the transfer
+and return \fICURLE_WRITE_ERROR\fP.
Set the \fIstream\fP argument with the \fBCURLOPT_FILE\fP option.