diff --git a/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_recv.3 b/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_recv.3
index c661f4b32..9de636495 100644
--- a/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_recv.3
+++ b/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_recv.3
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 .\" *                            | (__| |_| |  _ <| |___
 .\" *                             \___|\___/|_| \_\_____|
 .\" *
-.\" * Copyright (C) 1998 - 2014, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
+.\" * Copyright (C) 1998 - 2015, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
 .\" *
 .\" * This software is licensed as described in the file COPYING, which
 .\" * you should have received as part of this distribution. The terms
@@ -42,8 +42,9 @@ buffer. The variable \fBn\fP points to will receive the number of received
 bytes.
 
 To establish the connection, set \fBCURLOPT_CONNECT_ONLY(3)\fP option before
-calling \fIcurl_easy_perform(3)\fP. Note that \fIcurl_easy_recv(3)\fP does not
-work on connections that were created without this option.
+calling \fIcurl_easy_perform(3)\fP or \cIcurl_multi_perform(3)\fP. Note that
+\fIcurl_easy_recv(3)\fP does not work on connections that were created without
+this option.
 
 You must ensure that the socket has data to read before calling
 \fIcurl_easy_recv(3)\fP, otherwise the call will return \fBCURLE_AGAIN\fP -
diff --git a/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_send.3 b/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_send.3
index 28e88663e..6f5a6eaf7 100644
--- a/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_send.3
+++ b/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_send.3
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 .\" *                            | (__| |_| |  _ <| |___
 .\" *                             \___|\___/|_| \_\_____|
 .\" *
-.\" * Copyright (C) 1998 - 2014, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
+.\" * Copyright (C) 1998 - 2015, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
 .\" *
 .\" * This software is licensed as described in the file COPYING, which
 .\" * you should have received as part of this distribution. The terms
@@ -40,8 +40,9 @@ connection set-up.
 The variable \fBn\fP points to will receive the number of sent bytes.
 
 To establish the connection, set \fBCURLOPT_CONNECT_ONLY(3)\fP option before
-calling \fIcurl_easy_perform(3)\fP. Note that \fIcurl_easy_send(3)\fP will not
-work on connections that were created without this option.
+calling \fIcurl_easy_perform(3)\fP or \fIcurl_multi_perform()\fP. Note that
+\fIcurl_easy_send(3)\fP will not work on connections that were created without
+this option.
 
 You must ensure that the socket is writable before calling
 \fIcurl_easy_send(3)\fP, otherwise the call will return \fBCURLE_AGAIN\fP -
diff --git a/lib/connect.c b/lib/connect.c
index b67db902f..68317d986 100644
--- a/lib/connect.c
+++ b/lib/connect.c
@@ -1202,15 +1202,20 @@ curl_socket_t Curl_getconnectinfo(struct SessionHandle *data,
 
   DEBUGASSERT(data);
 
-  /* this only works for an easy handle that has been used for
-     curl_easy_perform()! */
-  if(data->state.lastconnect && data->multi_easy) {
+  /* this works for an easy handle:
+   * - that has been used for curl_easy_perform()
+   * - that is associated with a multi handle, and whose connection
+   *   was detached with CURLOPT_CONNECT_ONLY
+   */
+  if(data->state.lastconnect && (data->multi_easy || data->multi)) {
     struct connectdata *c = data->state.lastconnect;
     struct connfind find;
     find.tofind = data->state.lastconnect;
     find.found = FALSE;
 
-    Curl_conncache_foreach(data->multi_easy->conn_cache, &find, conn_is_conn);
+    Curl_conncache_foreach(data->multi_easy?
+                           data->multi_easy->conn_cache:
+                           data->multi->conn_cache, &find, conn_is_conn);
 
     if(!find.found) {
       data->state.lastconnect = NULL;