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diff --git a/docs/libcurl/opts/GNURLOPT_MAX_SEND_SPEED_LARGE.3 b/docs/libcurl/opts/GNURLOPT_MAX_SEND_SPEED_LARGE.3 index c9ae8ab92..cbdcb52c0 100644 --- a/docs/libcurl/opts/GNURLOPT_MAX_SEND_SPEED_LARGE.3 +++ b/docs/libcurl/opts/GNURLOPT_MAX_SEND_SPEED_LARGE.3 @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ .\" * | (__| |_| | _ <| |___ .\" * \___|\___/|_| \_\_____| .\" * -.\" * Copyright (C) 1998 - 2017, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al. +.\" * Copyright (C) 1998 - 2020, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al. .\" * .\" * This software is licensed as described in the file COPYING, which .\" * you should have received as part of this distribution. The terms @@ -35,6 +35,13 @@ this speed (counted in bytes per second) the transfer will pause to keep the speed less than or equal to the parameter value. Defaults to unlimited speed. +This is not an exact science. libcurl attempts to keep the average speed below +the given threshold over a period time. + +If you set \fImaxspeed\fP to a value lower than +\fICURLOPT_UPLOAD_BUFFERSIZE(3)\fP, libcurl might "shoot over" the limit on +its first send and still send off a full buffer. + This option doesn't affect transfer speeds done with FILE:// URLs. .SH DEFAULT 0, disabled |