diff --git a/docs/curl.1 b/docs/curl.1
index fbe8155d1..629f99dc7 100644
--- a/docs/curl.1
+++ b/docs/curl.1
@@ -216,7 +216,8 @@ local directory hierarchy as needed. This option creates the dirs mentioned
 with the -o option, nothing else. If the -o file name uses no dir or if the
 dirs it mentions already exist, no dir will be created.
 
-To create remote directories when using FTP, try \fI--ftp-create-dirs\fP.
+To create remote directories when using FTP or SFTP, try 
+\fI--ftp-create-dirs\fP.
 .IP "--crlf"
 (FTP) Convert LF to CRLF in upload. Useful for MVS (OS/390).
 
@@ -382,7 +383,7 @@ has been provided, this data is sent off using the ACCT command. (Added in
 
 If this option is used twice, the second will override the previous use.
 .IP "--ftp-create-dirs"
-(FTP) When an FTP URL/operation uses a path that doesn't currently exist on
+(FTP) When an FTP or SFTP URL/operation uses a path that doesn't currently exist on
 the server, the standard behavior of curl is to fail. Using this option, curl
 will instead attempt to create missing directories.
 
diff --git a/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.3 b/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.3
index a31499958..72b4cdbdd 100644
--- a/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.3
+++ b/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.3
@@ -890,6 +890,11 @@ If the server is an IPv6 host, this option will have no effect as of 7.12.3.
 Pass a long. If the value is non-zero, curl will attempt to create any remote
 directory that it fails to CWD into. CWD is the command that changes working
 directory. (Added in 7.10.7)
+
+This setting also applies to SFTP-connections. curl will attempt to create
+the remote directory if it can't obtain a handle to the target-location. The
+creation will fail if a file of the same name as the directory to create
+already exists or lack of permissions prevents creation. (Added in 7.16.3)
 .IP CURLOPT_FTP_RESPONSE_TIMEOUT
 Pass a long.  Causes curl to set a timeout period (in seconds) on the amount
 of time that the server is allowed to take in order to generate a response