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diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/inet.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/inet.xml
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+++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/inet.xml
@@ -555,8 +555,14 @@ fe80::204:acff:fe17:bf38
mode will return <c>{ok, HttpPacket}</c> from <c>gen_tcp:recv</c>
while an active socket will send messages like <c>{http,
Socket, HttpPacket}</c>.</p>
- <p>Note that the packet type <c>httph</c> is not
- needed when reading from a socket.</p>
+ </item>
+ <tag><c>httph | httph_bin</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>These two types are often not needed as the socket will
+ automatically switch from <c>http</c>/<c>http_bin</c> to
+ <c>httph</c>/<c>httph_bin</c> internally after the first line
+ has been read. There might be occasions however when they are
+ useful, such as parsing trailers from chunked encoding.</p>
</item>
</taglist>
</item>