-w speed_download and speed_upload are measured in bytes per second

diff --git a/docs/curl.1 b/docs/curl.1
index 02e715f796d82baefa83bc38f5a27d76cc3bfb45..657e5d52a998d6a1321eb6988c71d6913e617396 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/curl.1
+++ b/docs/curl.1
@@ -1417,10 +1417,12 @@ The total amount of bytes of the downloaded headers.
 The total amount of bytes that were sent in the HTTP request.
 .TP
 .B speed_download
-The average download speed that curl measured for the complete download.
+The average download speed that curl measured for the complete download. Bytes
+per second.
 .TP
 .B speed_upload
-The average upload speed that curl measured for the complete upload.
+The average upload speed that curl measured for the complete upload. Bytes per
+second.
 .TP
 .B content_type
 The Content-Type of the requested document, if there was any.