curl_easy_getinfo: clarify on return data types

Closes #11126

diff --git a/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_getinfo.3 b/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_getinfo.3
index 74998513b312c60e19a376fa8fc9b3a9bee9e66e..53a0c6fc5c07214c5ea2c4d6fd28e27117b3372b 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_getinfo.3
+++ b/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_getinfo.3
@@ -33,12 +33,11 @@ CURLcode curl_easy_getinfo(CURL *curl, CURLINFO info, ... );
 .fi
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 Request internal information from the curl session with this function. The
-third argument \fBMUST\fP be a pointer to a long, a pointer to a char *, a
-pointer to a struct curl_slist * or a pointer to a double (as this
-documentation describes further down). The data pointed-to will be filled in
-accordingly and can be relied upon only if the function returns CURLE_OK. Use
-this function AFTER a performed transfer if you want to get transfer related
-data.
+third argument \fBMUST\fP be pointing to the specific type of the used option
+which is documented in each man page of the option. The data pointed-to will
+be filled in accordingly and can be relied upon only if the function returns
+CURLE_OK. Use this function AFTER a performed transfer if you want to get
+transfer related data.
 
 You should not free the memory returned by this function unless it is
 explicitly mentioned below.

diff --git a/include/curl/easy.h b/include/curl/easy.h
index 394668a8fa73b083268ac1bcf3746e132efb1ded..1285101c587d759fcf6063d33350337ad4f8350d 100644 (file)
--- a/include/curl/easy.h
+++ b/include/curl/easy.h
@@ -48,13 +48,13 @@ CURL_EXTERN void curl_easy_cleanup(CURL *curl);
  *
  * DESCRIPTION
  *
- * Request internal information from the curl session with this function.  The
- * third argument MUST be a pointer to a long, a pointer to a char * or a
- * pointer to a double (as the documentation describes elsewhere).  The data
- * pointed to will be filled in accordingly and can be relied upon only if the
- * function returns CURLE_OK.  This function is intended to get used *AFTER* a
- * performed transfer, all results from this function are undefined until the
- * transfer is completed.
+ * Request internal information from the curl session with this function.
+ * The third argument MUST be pointing to the specific type of the used option
+ * which is documented in each man page of the option. The data pointed to
+ * will be filled in accordingly and can be relied upon only if the function
+ * returns CURLE_OK. This function is intended to get used *AFTER* a performed
+ * transfer, all results from this function are undefined until the transfer
+ * is completed.
  */
 CURL_EXTERN CURLcode curl_easy_getinfo(CURL *curl, CURLINFO info, ...);