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--- a/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST.3
+++ b/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST.3
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
.\" * | (__| |_| | _ <| |___
.\" * \___|\___/|_| \_\_____|
.\" *
-.\" * Copyright (C) 1998 - 2016, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
+.\" * Copyright (C) 1998 - 2017, 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
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@
.\" *
.\" **************************************************************************
.\"
-.TH CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST 3 "17 Jun 2014" "libcurl 7.37.0" "curl_easy_setopt options"
+.TH CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST 3 "June 21, 2017" "libcurl 7.55.0" "curl_easy_setopt options"
+
.SH NAME
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST \- custom string for request
.SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -80,12 +81,27 @@ Normally a multiline response is returned which can be used, in conjunction
with \fICURLOPT_MAIL_RCPT(3)\fP, to specify an EXPN request. If the
\fICURLOPT_NOBODY(3)\fP option is specified then the request can be used to
issue NOOP and RSET commands.
+
+The application does not have to keep the string around after setting this
+option.
.SH DEFAULT
NULL
.SH PROTOCOLS
HTTP, FTP, IMAP, POP3 and SMTP
.SH EXAMPLE
-TODO
+.nf
+CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
+if(curl) {
+ curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "http://example.com/foo.bin");
+
+ /* DELETE the given path */
+ curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, "DELETE");
+
+ ret = curl_easy_perform(curl);
+
+ curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
+}
+.fi
.SH AVAILABILITY
IMAP is supported since 7.30.0, POP3 since 7.26.0 and SMTP since 7.34.0.
.SH RETURN VALUE
@@ -93,3 +109,4 @@ Returns CURLE_OK if the option is supported, CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if not, or
CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY if there was insufficient heap space.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER "(3), " CURLOPT_NOBODY "(3), "
+.BR CURLOPT_REQUEST_TARGET "(3), "