some unixes have the netrc description in the ftp(1) man page
diff --git a/docs/curl.1 b/docs/curl.1
index 6905e5e..a93a0dc 100644
--- a/docs/curl.1
+++ b/docs/curl.1
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
.\" nroff -man curl.1
.\" Written by Daniel Stenberg
.\"
-.TH curl 1 "5 Sep 2001" "Curl 7.9" "Curl Manual"
+.TH curl 1 "11 Sep 2001" "Curl 7.9" "Curl Manual"
.SH NAME
curl \- get a URL with FTP, TELNET, LDAP, GOPHER, DICT, FILE, HTTP or
HTTPS syntax.
@@ -325,6 +325,8 @@
typically used for ftp on unix. If used with http, curl will enable user
authentication. See
.BR netrc(4)
+or
+.BR ftp(1)
for details on the file format. Curl will not complain if that file
hasn't the right permissions (it should not be world nor group
readable). The environment variable "HOME" is used to find the home
