the .netrc curl checks for is called _netrc on windows bug report #2061610

diff --git a/docs/curl.1 b/docs/curl.1
index 5a60aa9..57cb79d 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/curl.1
+++ b/docs/curl.1
@@ -752,9 +752,9 @@ If this option is used several times, the last one will be used.
 .IP "-M/--manual"
 Manual. Display the huge help text.
 .IP "-n/--netrc"
-Makes curl scan the \fI.netrc\fP file in the user's home directory for login
-name and password. This is typically used for ftp on unix. If used with http,
-curl will enable user authentication. See
+Makes curl scan the \fI.netrc\fP (\fI_netrc\fP on Windows) file in the user's
+home directory for login name and password. This is typically used for ftp on
+unix. If used with http, curl will enable user authentication. See
 .BR netrc(4)
 or
 .BR ftp(1)