diff --git a/docs/curl_easy_setopt.3 b/docs/curl_easy_setopt.3
index 63f1f413c10b246abeeaf5f1a2ca46639bd07504..a881838324831bf4f36b859b601e5286c002c77e 100644
--- a/docs/curl_easy_setopt.3
+++ b/docs/curl_easy_setopt.3
@@ -330,6 +330,7 @@ will be used. Set the string to NULL to disable kerberos4. The kerberos
 support only works for FTP. (Added in libcurl 7.3)
 .TP
 .B CURLOPT_WRITEINFO
+(NOT PRESENT IN 7.4 or later!)
 Pass a pointer to a zero terminated string as parameter. It will be used to
 report information after a successful request. This string may contain
 variables that will be substituted by their contents when output. Described