diff --git a/docs/curl.1 b/docs/curl.1
index fb717b488..574db94c2 100644
--- a/docs/curl.1
+++ b/docs/curl.1
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 .\" nroff -man curl.1
 .\" Written by Daniel Stenberg
 .\"
-.TH curl 1 "30 Nov 2001" "Curl 7.9.2" "Curl Manual"
+.TH curl 1 "25 Feb 2002" "Curl 7.9.5" "Curl Manual"
 .SH NAME
 curl \- transfer a URL
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -594,6 +594,9 @@ The average download speed that curl measured for the complete download.
 .TP
 .B speed_upload
 The average upload speed that curl measured for the complete upload.
+.TP
+.B content_type
+The Content-Type of the requested document, if there was any. (Added in 7.9.5)
 .RE
 
 If this option is used several times, the last one will be used.
diff --git a/src/writeout.c b/src/writeout.c
index a786d2d07..70457929c 100644
--- a/src/writeout.c
+++ b/src/writeout.c
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ typedef enum {
   VAR_HEADER_SIZE,
   VAR_REQUEST_SIZE,
   VAR_EFFECTIVE_URL,
+  VAR_CONTENT_TYPE,
   VAR_NUM_OF_VARS /* must be the last */
 } replaceid;
 
@@ -69,6 +70,7 @@ static struct variable replacements[]={
   {"size_upload", VAR_SIZE_UPLOAD},
   {"speed_download", VAR_SPEED_DOWNLOAD},
   {"speed_upload", VAR_SPEED_UPLOAD},
+  {"content_type", VAR_CONTENT_TYPE},
   {NULL, 0}
 };
 
@@ -165,6 +167,11 @@ void ourWriteOut(CURL *curl, char *writeinfo)
                    curl_easy_getinfo(curl, CURLINFO_SPEED_UPLOAD, &doubleinfo))
                   fprintf(stream, "%.3f", doubleinfo);
                 break;
+              case VAR_CONTENT_TYPE:
+                if(CURLE_OK ==
+                   curl_easy_getinfo(curl, CURLINFO_CONTENT_TYPE, &stringp))
+                   fputs(stringp, stream);
+               break;
               default:
                 break;
               }