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diff --git a/docs/curl.1 b/docs/curl.1 index 604527156..2bd044c54 100644 --- a/docs/curl.1 +++ b/docs/curl.1 @@ -361,9 +361,10 @@ DER and ENG are recognized types. If not specified, PEM is assumed. If this option is used several times, the last one will be used. .IP "--cacert <CA certificate>" -(SSL) Tells curl to use the specified certificate file to verify the -peer. The file may contain multiple CA certificates. The certificate(s) must -be in PEM format. +(SSL) Tells curl to use the specified certificate file to verify the peer. The +file may contain multiple CA certificates. The certificate(s) must be in PEM +format. Normally curl is built to use a default file for this, so this option +is typically used to alter that default file. curl recognizes the environment variable named 'CURL_CA_BUNDLE' if that is set, and uses the given path as a path to a CA cert bundle. This option |