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diff --git a/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_PROXY_SSL_VERIFYHOST.3 b/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_PROXY_SSL_VERIFYHOST.3
index 85b0c6d96..8bae149b9 100644
--- a/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_PROXY_SSL_VERIFYHOST.3
+++ b/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_PROXY_SSL_VERIFYHOST.3
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
.\" * | (__| |_| | _ <| |___
.\" * \___|\___/|_| \_\_____|
.\" *
-.\" * Copyright (C) 1998 - 2016, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
+.\" * Copyright (C) 1998 - 2019, 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
@@ -42,8 +42,15 @@ Curl considers the proxy the intended one when the Common Name field or a
Subject Alternate Name field in the certificate matches the host name in the
proxy string which you told curl to use.
-When the \fIverify\fP value is 1L, \fIcurl_easy_setopt\fP will return an error
-and the option value will not be changed due to old legacy reasons.
+If \fIverify\fP value is set to 1:
+
+In 7.28.0 and earlier: treated as a debug option of some sorts, not supported
+anymore due to frequently leading to programmer mistakes.
+
+From 7.28.1 to 7.65.3: setting it to 1 made curl_easy_setopt() return an error
+and leaving the flag untouched.
+
+From 7.66.0: treats 1 and 2 the same.
When the \fIverify\fP value is 0L, the connection succeeds regardless of the
names used in the certificate. Use that ability with caution!