.SH DESCRIPTION
This parameter controls the preference \fIlevel\fP of libcurl between using
user names and passwords from your \fI~/.netrc\fP file, relative to user names
-and passwords in the URL supplied with \fICURLOPT_URL(3)\fP.
+and passwords in the URL supplied with \fICURLOPT_URL(3)\fP. On Windows,
+libcurl will use the file as \fI%HOME/_netrc\fP, but you can also tell libcurl
+a different file name to use with \fICURLOPT_NETRC_FILE(3)\fP.
libcurl uses a user name (and supplied or prompted password) supplied with
\fICURLOPT_USERPWD(3)\fP or \fICURLOPT_USERNAME(3)\fP in preference to any of
.SH RETURN VALUE
Returns CURLE_OK
.SH "SEE ALSO"
-.BR CURLOPT_USERPWD "(3), " CURLOPT_USERNAME "(3), "
+.BR CURLOPT_USERPWD "(3), " CURLOPT_USERNAME "(3), ", CURLOPT_NETRC_FILE "(3), "