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-rw-r--r--docs/curl.16
-rw-r--r--docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.32
2 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/docs/curl.1 b/docs/curl.1
index 2f6d3999c..0babaaaf4 100644
--- a/docs/curl.1
+++ b/docs/curl.1
@@ -974,9 +974,9 @@ This option can be used multiple times.
random data. The data is used to seed the random engine for SSL connections.
See also the \fI--egd-file\fP option.
.IP "-r/--range <range>"
-(HTTP/FTP)
-Retrieve a byte range (i.e a partial document) from a HTTP/1.1 or FTP
-server. Ranges can be specified in a number of ways.
+(HTTP/FTP/FILE) Retrieve a byte range (i.e a partial document) from a
+HTTP/1.1, FTP server or a local FILE. Ranges can be specified in a number of
+ways.
.RS
.TP 10
.B 0-499
diff --git a/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.3 b/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.3
index 56b763fe7..dec4371e1 100644
--- a/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.3
+++ b/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.3
@@ -1119,6 +1119,8 @@ transfers also support several intervals, separated with commas as in
\fI"X-Y,N-M"\fP. Using this kind of multiple intervals will cause the HTTP
server to send the response document in pieces (using standard MIME separation
techniques). Pass a NULL to this option to disable the use of ranges.
+
+Ranges work on HTTP, FTP and FILE (since 7.18.0) transfers only.
.IP CURLOPT_RESUME_FROM
Pass a long as parameter. It contains the offset in number of bytes that you
want the transfer to start from. Set this option to 0 to make the transfer