changed the wording about removal of internal headers with -H

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/docs/curl.1 b/docs/curl.1
index e71b7ea66..81df678f6 100644
--- a/docs/curl.1
+++ b/docs/curl.1
@@ -495,9 +495,9 @@ of extra headers. Note that if you should add a custom header that has the
 same name as one of the internal ones curl would use, your externally set
 header will be used instead of the internal one. This allows you to make even
 trickier stuff than curl would normally do. You should not replace internally
-set headers without knowing perfectly well what you're doing. Replacing an
-internal header with one without content on the right side of the colon will
-prevent that header from appearing.
+set headers without knowing perfectly well what you're doing. Remove an
+internal header by giving a replacement without content on the right side of
+the colon, as in: -H \&"Host:".
 
 curl will make sure that each header you add/replace get sent with the proper
 end of line marker, you should thus \fBnot\fP add that as a part of the header