diff --git a/docs/cmdline-opts/proxytunnel.d b/docs/cmdline-opts/proxytunnel.d
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@@ -3,11 +3,10 @@ Short: p
 Help: Operate through an HTTP proxy tunnel (using CONNECT)
 See-also: proxy
 ---
-When an HTTP proxy is used --proxy, this option will cause non-HTTP protocols
-to attempt to tunnel through the proxy instead of merely using it to do
-HTTP-like operations. The tunnel approach is made with the HTTP proxy CONNECT
-request and requires that the proxy allows direct connect to the remote port
-number curl wants to tunnel through to.
+When an HTTP proxy is used --proxy, this option will make curl tunnel through
+the proxy. The tunnel approach is made with the HTTP proxy CONNECT request and
+requires that the proxy allows direct connect to the remote port number curl
+wants to tunnel through to.
 
 To suppress proxy CONNECT response headers when curl is set to output headers
 use --suppress-connect-headers.