diff --git a/reference/curl/functions/curl-setopt.xml b/reference/curl/functions/curl-setopt.xml
index ed68d727f5..44e94c4424 100644
--- a/reference/curl/functions/curl-setopt.xml
+++ b/reference/curl/functions/curl-setopt.xml
@@ -366,6 +366,20 @@
+
+ CURLOPT_SAFE_UPLOAD
+
+ &true; to disable support for the @ prefix for
+ uploading files in CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, which
+ means that values starting with @ can be safely
+ passed as fields. CURLFile may be used for
+ uploads instead.
+
+
+ &false; by default at present, but this is likely to be changed in a
+ future version of PHP.
+
+
CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER
@@ -999,7 +1013,10 @@
As of PHP 5.5.0, the @ prefix is deprecated and
- files can be sent using CURLFile.
+ files can be sent using CURLFile. The
+ @ prefix can be disabled for safe passing of
+ values beginning with @ by setting the
+ CURLOPT_SAFE_UPLOAD option to &true;.