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diff --git a/lib/pure/httpclient.nim b/lib/pure/httpclient.nim
index 0dbf8a045..2f9f1913f 100644
--- a/lib/pure/httpclient.nim
+++ b/lib/pure/httpclient.nim
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@
 ##
 ## SSL/TLS support
 ## ===============
-## This requires the OpenSSL library, fortunately it's widely used and installed
+## This requires the OpenSSL library. Fortunately it's widely used and installed
 ## on many operating systems. httpclient will use SSL automatically if you give
 ## any of the functions a url with the `https` schema, for example:
 ## `https://github.com/`.
@@ -123,12 +123,25 @@
 ## You will also have to compile with `ssl` defined like so:
 ## `nim c -d:ssl ...`.
 ##
-## Certificate validation is NOT performed by default.
-## This will change in the future.
+## Certificate validation is performed by default.
 ##
 ## A set of directories and files from the `ssl_certs <ssl_certs.html>`_
 ## module are scanned to locate CA certificates.
 ##
+## Example of setting SSL verification parameters in a new client:
+##
+## .. code-block:: Nim
+##    import httpclient
+##    var client = newHttpClient(sslContext=newContext(verifyMode=CVerifyPeer))
+##
+## There are three options for verify mode:
+##
+## * ``CVerifyNone``: certificates are not verified;
+## * ``CVerifyPeer``: certificates are verified;
+## * ``CVerifyPeerUseEnvVars``: certificates are verified and the optional
+##   environment variables SSL_CERT_FILE and SSL_CERT_DIR are also used to
+##   locate certificates
+##
 ## See `newContext <net.html#newContext.string,string,string,string>`_ to tweak or disable certificate validation.
 ##
 ## Timeouts