diff --git a/doc/en/linkcheckerrc.5 b/doc/en/linkcheckerrc.5
index c839ab64..eee74d1d 100644
--- a/doc/en/linkcheckerrc.5
+++ b/doc/en/linkcheckerrc.5
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ Command line option: \fB\-u\fP, \fB\-p\fP
 \fBloginurl=\fP\fIURL\fP
 The URL of a login page to be visited before link checking. The page is expected
 to contain an HTML form to collect credentials and submit them to the address in
-its action attribute.
+its action attribute using an HTTP POST request.
 The name attributes of the input elements of the form and the values to be
 submitted need to be available (see \fBentry\fP for an explanation of username
 and password values).
diff --git a/doc/web/media/man5/linkcheckerrc.5.html b/doc/web/media/man5/linkcheckerrc.5.html
index 41feb335..72de8e1e 100644
--- a/doc/web/media/man5/linkcheckerrc.5.html
+++ b/doc/web/media/man5/linkcheckerrc.5.html
@@ -164,10 +164,10 @@ The default file location is <b>~/.linkchecker/linkcheckerrc</b> on Unix,
   <dt><b>loginurl=</b><i>URL</i></dt>
   <dd>The URL of a login page to be visited before link checking. The page is
       expected to contain an HTML form to collect credentials and submit them to
-      the address in its action attribute. The name attributes of the input
-      elements of the form and the values to be submitted need to be available
-      (see <b>entry</b> for an explanation of username and password
-    values).</dd>
+      the address in its action attribute using an HTTP POST request. The name
+      attributes of the input elements of the form and the values to be
+      submitted need to be available (see <b>entry</b> for an explanation of
+      username and password values).</dd>
   <dt><b>loginuserfield=</b><i>STRING</i></dt>
   <dd>The name attribute of the username input element. Default:
     <b>login</b>.</dd>