diff --git a/docs/curl.1 b/docs/curl.1
index 4b23579079f8b0fd1908f17d777d601761116037..9a316d3f12025ab68bfddd4bed0ce94800e45acf 100644
--- a/docs/curl.1
+++ b/docs/curl.1
@@ -621,6 +621,9 @@ info provided by curl.
 Note that if you want to see HTTP headers in the output, \fI-i/--include\fP
 might be option you're looking for.
 
+If you think this option still doesn't give you enough details, consider using
+\fI--trace\fP or \fI--trace-ascii\fP instead.
+
 If this option is used twice, the second will again disable verbose.
 .IP "-V/--version"
 Displays the full version of curl, libcurl and other 3rd party libraries