diff --git a/doc/ChangeLog b/doc/ChangeLog
index 1fdc6ce7..013923b7 100644
--- a/doc/ChangeLog
+++ b/doc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2003-09-17  Hrvoje Niksic  <hniksic@xemacs.org>
+
+	* wget.texi (Download Options): Explain how --tries works by
+	default.
+
 2003-09-17  Hrvoje Niksic  <hniksic@xemacs.org>
 
 	* wget.texi (Download Options): Explain new --restrict-file-names
diff --git a/doc/wget.texi b/doc/wget.texi
index f0c66e69..15dcd51c 100644
--- a/doc/wget.texi
+++ b/doc/wget.texi
@@ -512,7 +512,8 @@ IPs.
 @item -t @var{number}
 @itemx --tries=@var{number}
 Set number of retries to @var{number}.  Specify 0 or @samp{inf} for
-infinite retrying.
+infinite retrying.  The default is to retry 20 times but fatal errors
+like ``connection refused'' or ``not found'' (404) are not retried.
 
 @item -O @var{file}
 @itemx --output-document=@var{file}