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@@ -72,11 +72,21 @@ is useful because it allows the user to override non-default behavior
 specified via `.wgetrc'.
 
 ** The new option `--keep-session-cookies' causes `--save-cookies' to
-save session cookies along with the permanent ones.  This is useful on
-sites that require you to log in before you can access some pages.
-With this option, multiple Wget runs will be treated as a single
+save session cookies (normally only kept in memory) along with the
+permanent ones.  This is useful because many sites track important
+information, such as whether the user has authenticated, in session
+cookies.  With this option multiple Wget runs are treated as a single
 browser session.
 
+** Wget now supports the --ftp-user and --ftp-password command
+switches to set username and password for FTP, and the --user and
+--password command switches to set username and password for both FTP
+and HTTP.  The --http-passwd and --proxy-passwd command switches have
+been renamed to --http-password and --proxy-password respectively, and
+the related http_passwd and proxy_passwd .wgetrc commands to
+http_password and proxy_password respectively.  The login and passwd
+.wgetrc commands have been deprecated.
+
 * `wget -b' now works correctly under Windows.
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 * Wget 1.9.1 is a bugfix release with no user-visible changes.