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diff --git a/doc/apt.conf.5.xml b/doc/apt.conf.5.xml
index 2b2430c83..1fe980d28 100644
--- a/doc/apt.conf.5.xml
+++ b/doc/apt.conf.5.xml
@@ -203,8 +203,9 @@ DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs {"/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt";};
standard form of http://[[user][:pass]@]host[:port]/. Per
host proxies can also be specified by using the form
http::Proxy::<host> with the special keyword DIRECT
- meaning to use no proxies. The http_proxy environment variable
- will override all settings.
+ meaning to use no proxies. If no one of the above settings is specified,
+ http_proxy environment variable
+ will be used.
Three settings are provided for cache control with HTTP/1.1 compliant
proxy caches. No-Cache tells the proxy to not use its cached
@@ -252,9 +253,13 @@ DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs {"/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt";};
ftp
- FTP URIs; ftp::Proxy is the default proxy server to use. It is in the
- standard form of ftp://[[user][:pass]@]host[:port]/ and is
- overridden by the ftp_proxy environment variable. To use a ftp
+ FTP URIs; ftp::Proxy is the default ftp proxy to use. It is in the
+ standard form of ftp://[[user][:pass]@]host[:port]/. Per
+ host proxies can also be specified by using the form
+ ftp::Proxy::<host> with the special keyword DIRECT
+ meaning to use no proxies. If no one of the above settings is specified,
+ ftp_proxy environment variable
+ will be used. To use a ftp
proxy you will have to set the ftp::ProxyLogin script in the
configuration file. This entry specifies the commands to send to tell
the proxy server what to connect to. Please see