From 5781f223f6b307a3b0b5ae776fd2504825871dba Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: jcorporation <mail@jcgames.de>
Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2022 22:39:01 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Document curl plugin .netrc and .curlrc behavior

---
 doc/plugins.rst | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/plugins.rst b/doc/plugins.rst
index 0aa36dac8..7e6fe5765 100644
--- a/doc/plugins.rst
+++ b/doc/plugins.rst
@@ -219,8 +219,9 @@ Opens remote files or streams over HTTP using libcurl.
 
 Note that unless overridden by the below settings (e.g. by setting
 them to a blank value), general curl configuration from environment
-variables such as ``http_proxy`` or specified in :file:`~/.curlrc`
-will be in effect.
+variables such as ``http_proxy`` will be in effect.
+
+User name and password are read from an optional :file:`~/.netrc`, :file:`~/.curlrc` is not read.
 
 .. list-table::
    :widths: 20 80