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diff --git a/docs/curl.1 b/docs/curl.1 index cb5748134..6b212326a 100644 --- a/docs/curl.1 +++ b/docs/curl.1 @@ -309,7 +309,11 @@ cookies when they're closed down. (Added in 7.9.7) If this option is used several times, each occurrence will toggle this on/off. .IP "-k/--insecure" -(SSL) +(SSL) This option explicitly allows curl to perform "insecure" SSL connections +and transfers. Starting with curl 7.10, all SSL connections will be attempted +to be made secure by using the CA certificate bundle installed by +default. This makes all connections considered "insecure" to fail unless +-k/--insecure is used. If this option is used twice, the second time will again disable it. .IP "--krb4 <level>" |