diff --git a/docs/curl.1 b/docs/curl.1
index 394b693a10c72a5cdf2a69f8bea93458f1210185..3c077a0dfc2b58d51dc91f54fbbc6676efc9b21c 100644
--- a/docs/curl.1
+++ b/docs/curl.1
@@ -842,7 +842,8 @@ to read for untrained humans.
 If this option is used several times, the last one will be used. (Added in
 7.9.7)
 .IP "-u/--user <user:password>"
-Specify user and password to use for server authentication.
+Specify user and password to use for server authentication. Overrides
+\fI-n/--netrc\fP and \fI--netrc-optional\fP.
 
 If this option is used several times, the last one will be used.
 .IP "-U/--proxy-user <user:password>"