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authorDaniel Stenberg <daniel@haxx.se>2021-11-06 12:44:52 +0100
committerDaniel Stenberg <daniel@haxx.se>2021-11-06 12:44:52 +0100
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@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ Appending 'k' or 'K' will count the number as kilobytes, 'm' or 'M' makes it
megabytes, while 'g' or 'G' makes it gigabytes. The suffixes (k, M, G, T, P)
are 1024 based. For example 1k is 1024. Examples: 200K, 3m and 1G.
+The rate limiting logic works on averaging the transfer speed to no more than
+the set threshold over a period of multiple seconds.
+
If you also use the --speed-limit option, that option will take precedence and
might cripple the rate-limiting slightly, to help keeping the speed-limit
logic working.