@samp{--no-} prefix. This might seem superfluous---if the default for
an affirmative option is to not do something, then why provide a way
to explicitly turn it off? But the startup file may in fact change
-the default. For instance, using @code{follow_ftp = off} in
-@file{.wgetrc} makes Wget @emph{not} follow FTP links by default, and
+the default. For instance, using @code{follow_ftp = on} in
+@file{.wgetrc} makes Wget @emph{follow} FTP links by default, and
using @samp{--no-follow-ftp} is the only way to restore the factory
default from the command line.
given file, then waiting 2 seconds after the second failure on that
file, up to the maximum number of @var{seconds} you specify. Therefore,
a value of 10 will actually make Wget wait up to (1 + 2 + ... + 10) = 55
-seconds per file.
+seconds per file.
-Note that this option is turned on by default in the global
-@file{wgetrc} file.
+By default, Wget will assume a value of 10 seconds.
@cindex wait, random
@cindex random wait