-cURL is a tool for getting files from FTP, HTTP, Gopher, Telnet, and
-Dict servers, using any of the supported protocols. cURL is designed
-to work without user interaction or any kind of interactivity. cURL
-offers many useful capabilities, like proxy support, user
-authentication, FTP upload, HTTP post, and file transfer resume. Note
-that while cURL also supports the SSL protocol, this version is
-compiled without SSL (https:) support.
+cURL is a tool for getting files with URL syntax, supporting FTP, HTTP,
+HTTPS, GOPHER, TELNET, DICT, FILE and LDAP. cURL supports HTTP POST, HTTP
+PUT, FTP uploading, HTTP form based upload, proxies, cookies, user+password
+authentication and a busload of other useful tricks. The main use for curl
+is when you want to get or send files automatically to or from a site using
+one of the supported protocols.
+
+cURL is a tool for getting files from FTP, HTTP, Gopher, Telnet, and Dict
+servers, using any of the supported protocols. cURL is designed to work
+without user interaction or any kind of interactivity. cURL offers many
+useful capabilities, like proxy support, user authentication, FTP upload,
+HTTP post, and file transfer resume. Note that while cURL also supports the
+SSL protocol, this version is compiled without SSL (https:) support.