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diff --git a/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_HTTPGET.3 b/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_HTTPGET.3
index 36995fb33..831fed81a 100644
--- a/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_HTTPGET.3
+++ b/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_HTTPGET.3
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
.\" * | (__| |_| | _ <| |___
.\" * \___|\___/|_| \_\_____|
.\" *
-.\" * Copyright (C) 1998 - 2014, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
+.\" * Copyright (C) 1998 - 2018, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
.\" *
.\" * This software is licensed as described in the file COPYING, which
.\" * you should have received as part of this distribution. The terms
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ same curl \fIhandle\fP.
When setting \fICURLOPT_HTTPGET(3)\fP to 1, it will automatically set
\fICURLOPT_NOBODY(3)\fP to 0 and \fICURLOPT_UPLOAD(3)\fP to 0.
+
+Setting this option to zero has no effect. Applications need to explicitly
+select which HTTP request method to use, they cannot deselect a method. To
+reset a handle to default method, consider \fIcurl_easy_reset(3)\fP.
.SH DEFAULT
0
.SH PROTOCOLS
@@ -44,10 +48,10 @@ curl = curl_easy_init();
if(curl) {
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "http://example.com");
- /* use a GET to fetch this */
+ /* use a GET to fetch this */
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_HTTPGET, 1L);
- /* Perform the request */
+ /* Perform the request */
curl_easy_perform(curl);
}
.fi
@@ -56,4 +60,5 @@ Along with HTTP
.SH RETURN VALUE
Returns CURLE_OK if HTTP is supported, and CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if not.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
-.BR CURLOPT_NOBODY "(3), " CURLOPT_UPLOAD "(3), "
+.BR CURLOPT_NOBODY "(3), " CURLOPT_UPLOAD "(3), " CURLOPT_POST "(3), "
+.BR curl_easy_reset "(3) "