diff --git a/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.3 b/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.3
index 2842ebfc5602f58e6ec38aa1752afa9b8438538d..ae1cc23cae7bde434ac92aeaa2a9a62526c416d3 100644
--- a/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.3
+++ b/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.3
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 .\" * $Id$
 .\" **************************************************************************
 .\"
-.TH curl_easy_setopt 3 "15 Jan 2004" "libcurl 7.11.0" "libcurl Manual"
+.TH curl_easy_setopt 3 "21 Jan 2004" "libcurl 7.11.0" "libcurl Manual"
 .SH NAME
 curl_easy_setopt - set options for a curl easy handle
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -55,7 +55,8 @@ The \fIhandle\fP is the return code from a \fIcurl_easy_init(3)\fP or
 .IP CURLOPT_VERBOSE
 Set the parameter to non-zero to get the library to display a lot of verbose
 information about its operations. Very useful for libcurl and/or protocol
-debugging and understanding.
+debugging and understanding. The verbose information will be sent to stderr,
+or the stream set with CURLOPT_STDERR.
 
 You hardly ever want this set in production use, you will almost always want
 this when you debug/report problems. Another neat option for debugging is the