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-rw-r--r--curl.15
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/curl.1 b/curl.1
index 281a8d7e6..aa2152d2c 100644
--- a/curl.1
+++ b/curl.1
@@ -212,8 +212,9 @@ will output the data in chunks, not necessarily exactly when the data arrives.
Using this option will disable that buffering.
.IP "-o/--output <file>"
Write output to <file> instead of stdout. If you are using {} or [] to fetch
-multiple documents, you can use #[num] in the <file> specifier. That variable
-will be replaced with the current string for the URL being fetched. Like in:
+multiple documents, you can use '#' followed by a number in the <file>
+specifier. That variable will be replaced with the current string for the URL
+being fetched. Like in:
curl http://{one,two}.site.com -o "file_#1.txt"