diff --git a/docs/cmdline-opts/gen.pl b/docs/cmdline-opts/gen.pl
index c8b129360..89a5df845 100755
--- a/docs/cmdline-opts/gen.pl
+++ b/docs/cmdline-opts/gen.pl
@@ -1,5 +1,21 @@
 #!/usr/bin/perl
 
+=begin comment
+
+This script generates the manpage.
+
+Example: gen.pl mainpage > curl.1
+
+Dev notes:
+
+We open *input* files in :crlf translation (a no-op on many platforms) in
+case we have CRLF line endings in Windows but a perl that defaults to LF.
+Unfortunately it seems some perls like msysgit can't handle a global input-only
+:crlf so it has to be specified on each file open for text input.
+
+=end comment
+=cut
+
 my $some_dir=".";
 
 opendir(my $dh, $some_dir) || die "Can't opendir $some_dir: $!";
@@ -85,7 +101,7 @@ sub added {
 
 sub single {
     my ($f, $standalone)=@_;
-    open(F, "<$f") ||
+    open(F, "<:crlf", "$f") ||
         return 1;
     my $short;
     my $long;
@@ -219,7 +235,7 @@ sub single {
 
 sub getshortlong {
     my ($f)=@_;
-    open(F, "<$f");
+    open(F, "<:crlf", "$f");
     my $short;
     my $long;
     my $help;
@@ -265,7 +281,7 @@ sub indexoptions {
 
 sub header {
     my ($f)=@_;
-    open(F, "<$f");
+    open(F, "<:crlf", "$f");
     my @d;
     while(<F>) {
         push @d, $_;
diff --git a/docs/cmdline-opts/use-ascii.d b/docs/cmdline-opts/use-ascii.d
index da307dc4d..d59fad922 100644
--- a/docs/cmdline-opts/use-ascii.d
+++ b/docs/cmdline-opts/use-ascii.d
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@ Long: use-ascii
 Help: Use ASCII/text transfer
 Protocols: FTP LDAP
 ---
-Enable ASCII transfer. For FTP, this can also be enforced by using an URL that
+Enable ASCII transfer. For FTP, this can also be enforced by using a URL that
 ends with ";type=A". This option causes data sent to stdout to be in text mode
 for win32 systems.