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diff --git a/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_recv.3 b/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_recv.3
index 1ede58944..0de6037ba 100644
--- a/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_recv.3
+++ b/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_recv.3
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
.\" * | (__| |_| | _ <| |___
.\" * \___|\___/|_| \_\_____|
.\" *
-.\" * Copyright (C) 1998 - 2008, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
+.\" * Copyright (C) 1998 - 2013, 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
@@ -59,8 +59,13 @@ On success, returns \fBCURLE_OK\fP, stores the received data into
On failure, returns the appropriate error code.
-If there is no data to read, the function returns \fBCURLE_AGAIN\fP. Use
-your operating system facilities to wait until the data is ready, and retry.
+If there is no data to read, the function returns \fBCURLE_AGAIN\fP. Use your
+operating system facilities to wait until the data is ready, and retry.
+
+Reading exactly 0 bytes would indicate a closed connection.
+
+If there's no socket available to use from the previous transfer, this function
+returns CURLE_UNSUPPORTED_PROTOCOL.
.SH EXAMPLE
See \fBsendrecv.c\fP in \fBdocs/examples\fP directory for usage example.
.SH "SEE ALSO"