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diff --git a/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.3 b/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.3
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--- a/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.3
+++ b/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.3
@@ -2103,13 +2103,15 @@ libcurl will reject the connection to the host unless the md5sums match. This
option is only for SCP and SFTP transfers. (Added in 7.17.1)
.IP CURLOPT_SSH_PUBLIC_KEYFILE
Pass a char * pointing to a file name for your public key. If not used,
-libcurl defaults to using \fB~/.ssh/id_dsa.pub\fP.
-(Added in 7.16.1)
+libcurl defaults to \fB$HOME/.ssh/id_dsa.pub\fP if the HOME environment
+variable is set, and just "id_dsa.pub" in the current directory if HOME is not
+set. (Added in 7.16.1)
.IP CURLOPT_SSH_PRIVATE_KEYFILE
Pass a char * pointing to a file name for your private key. If not used,
-libcurl defaults to using \fB~/.ssh/id_dsa\fP. If the file is
-password-protected, set the password with \fICURLOPT_KEYPASSWD\fP. (Added in
-7.16.1)
+libcurl defaults to \fB$HOME/.ssh/id_dsa\fP if the HOME environment variable
+is set, and just "id_dsa" in the current directory if HOME is not set. If the
+file is password-protected, set the password with
+\fICURLOPT_KEYPASSWD\fP. (Added in 7.16.1)
.IP CURLOPT_SSH_KNOWNHOSTS
Pass a pointer to a zero terminated string holding the file name of the
known_host file to use. The known_hosts file should use the OpenSSH file