From bd5388e7b22daa2d22c21578ef5735be8b8353a6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eelco Dolstra <edolstra@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2017 14:23:30 +0100
Subject: Tweak netrc docs

---
 doc/manual/command-ref/conf-file.xml | 16 ++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

(limited to 'doc/manual/command-ref')

diff --git a/doc/manual/command-ref/conf-file.xml b/doc/manual/command-ref/conf-file.xml
index a7d60538c215..0f7a2deba049 100644
--- a/doc/manual/command-ref/conf-file.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/command-ref/conf-file.xml
@@ -437,10 +437,18 @@ flag, e.g. <literal>--option gc-keep-outputs false</literal>.</para>
     trying to download from a remote host through HTTP or HTTPS. Defaults to
     <filename>$NIX_CONF_DIR/netrc</filename>.</para>
 
-    <para>The <filename>netrc</filename> file consists of zero or more lines
-    like: <literal>machine <replaceable>my-machine</replaceable> login
-    <replaceable>my-username</replaceable> password
-    <replaceable>my-password</replaceable></literal>.</para></listitem>
+    <para>The <filename>netrc</filename> file consists of a list of
+    accounts in the following format:
+
+<screen>
+machine <replaceable>my-machine</replaceable>
+login <replaceable>my-username</replaceable>
+password <replaceable>my-password</replaceable>
+</screen>
+
+    For the exact syntax, see <link
+    xlink:href="https://ec.haxx.se/usingcurl-netrc.html">the
+    <literal>curl</literal> documentation.</link></para></listitem>
 
   </varlistentry>
 
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