1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/docs/examples/pop3-ssl.c b/docs/examples/pop3-ssl.c
index 81d4c2af1..45e0054b6 100644
--- a/docs/examples/pop3-ssl.c
+++ b/docs/examples/pop3-ssl.c
@@ -64,6 +64,11 @@ int main(void)
     curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, 0L);
 #endif
 
+    /* Since the traffic will be encrypted, it is very useful to turn on debug
+     * information within libcurl to see what is happening during the
+     * transfer */
+    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_VERBOSE, 1L);
+
     /* Perform the retr */
     res = curl_easy_perform(curl);