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diff --git a/doc/misc/auth.texi b/doc/misc/auth.texi
index 93a301dcb1a..415a64f0211 100644
--- a/doc/misc/auth.texi
+++ b/doc/misc/auth.texi
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ backends and you can write your own if you want.
 @chapter Help for users
 
 ``Netrc'' files are a de facto standard.  They look like this:
+
 @example
 machine @var{mymachine} login @var{myloginname} password @var{mypassword} port @var{myport}
 @end example
@@ -108,12 +109,16 @@ The @code{user} is the user name.  It's known as @var{:user} in
 
 You can also use this file to specify client certificates to use when
 setting up TLS connections.  The format is:
+
 @example
 machine @var{mymachine} port @var{myport} key @var{key} cert @var{cert}
 @end example
 
 @var{key} and @var{cert} are filenames containing the key and
-certificate to use respectively.
+certificate to use respectively.  In order to make network connections
+use them automatically, either pass @code{:client-certificate t} to
+@code{open-network-stream}, or customize
+@code{network-stream-use-client-certificates} to @code{t}.
 
 You can use spaces inside a password or other token by surrounding the
 token with either single or double quotes.