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@@ -31,6 +31,15 @@ SIMPLE USAGE
 
         curl ftp://cool.haxx.se/ http://www.weirdserver.com:8000/
 
+  Get a file off an FTPS server:
+
+        curl ftps://files.are.secure.com/secrets.txt
+
+  or use the more appropriate FTPS way to get the same file:
+
+        curl --ftp-ssl ftp://files.are.secure.com/secrets.txt
+
+
 DOWNLOAD TO A FILE
 
   Get a web page and store in a local file:
@@ -64,6 +73,10 @@ USING PASSWORDS
    It is just like for FTP, but you may also want to specify and use
    SSL-specific options for certificates etc.
 
+   Note that using FTPS:// as prefix is the "implicit" way as described in the
+   standards while the recommended "explicit" way is done by using FTP:// and
+   the --ftp-ssl option.
+
  HTTP
 
    The HTTP URL doesn't support user and password in the URL string. Curl
@@ -105,6 +118,8 @@ PROXY
 
         curl -U user:passwd -x my-proxy:888 http://www.get.this/
 
+ curl also supports SOCKS4 and SOCKS5 proxies with --socks4 and --socks5.
+
  See also the environment variables Curl support that offer further proxy
  control.
 
@@ -846,6 +861,22 @@ PERSISTENT CONNECTIONS
   transfers faster. If you use a http proxy for file transfers, practically
   all transfers will be persistent.
 
+MULTIPLE TRANSFERS WITH A SINGLE COMMAND LINE
+
+  As is mentioned above, you can download multiple files with one command line
+  by simply adding more URLs. If you want those to get saved to a local file
+  instead of just printed to stdout, you need to add one save option for each
+  URL you specify. Note that this also goes for the -O option.
+
+  For example: get two files and use -O for the first and a custom file
+  name for the second:
+
+    curl -O http://url.com/file.txt ftp://ftp.com/moo.exe -o moo.jpg
+
+  You can also upload multiple files in a similar fashion:
+
+    curl -T local1 ftp://ftp.com/moo.exe -T local2 ftp://ftp.com/moo2.txt
+
 MAILING LISTS
 
   For your convenience, we have several open mailing lists to discuss curl,