From: Daniel Stenberg <daniel@haxx.se>
Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2025 09:11:35 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: curl_slist_append.md: clarify that a NULL pointer is not acceptable
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curl_slist_append.md: clarify that a NULL pointer is not acceptable

Closes #18627
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diff --git a/docs/libcurl/curl_slist_append.md b/docs/libcurl/curl_slist_append.md
index 75c6a57afd..b2766f728d 100644
--- a/docs/libcurl/curl_slist_append.md
+++ b/docs/libcurl/curl_slist_append.md
@@ -28,9 +28,10 @@ struct curl_slist *curl_slist_append(struct curl_slist *list,
 
 curl_slist_append(3) appends a string to a linked list of strings. The
 existing **list** should be passed as the first argument and the new list is
-returned from this function. Pass in NULL in the **list** argument to create
-a new list. The specified **string** has been appended when this function
-returns. curl_slist_append(3) copies the string.
+returned from this function. Pass in NULL in the **list** argument to create a
+new list. The specified **string** has been appended when this function
+returns. curl_slist_append(3) copies the string. The **string** argument must
+be a valid string pointer and cannot be NULL.
 
 The list should be freed again (after usage) with
 curl_slist_free_all(3).