--- a/doc/wget.texi 2012-08-01 +++ b/doc/wget.texi 2012-08-02 @@ -3526,28 +3526,30 @@ information from the Web, their users connect and retrieve remote data using an authorized proxy. address@hidden man begin ENVIRONMENT Wget supports proxies for both @sc{http} and @sc{ftp} retrievals. The standard way to specify proxy location, which Wget recognizes, is using the following environment variables: address@hidden @code address@hidden @env @item http_proxy @itemx https_proxy -If set, the @code{http_proxy} and @code{https_proxy} variables should +If set, the @env{http_proxy} and @env{https_proxy} variables should contain the @sc{url}s of the proxies for @sc{http} and @sc{https} connections respectively. @item ftp_proxy This variable should contain the @sc{url} of the proxy for @sc{ftp} -connections. It is quite common that @code{http_proxy} and address@hidden are set to the same @sc{url}. +connections. It is quite common that @env{http_proxy} and address@hidden are set to the same @sc{url}. @item no_proxy This variable should contain a comma-separated list of domain extensions proxy should @emph{not} be used for. For instance, if the value of address@hidden is @samp{.mit.edu}, proxy will not be used to retrieve address@hidden is @samp{.mit.edu}, proxy will not be used to retrieve documents from MIT. @end table address@hidden man end In addition to the environment variables, proxy location and settings may be specified from within Wget itself.