diff --git a/docs/cmdline-opts/capath.md b/docs/cmdline-opts/capath.md
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--- a/docs/cmdline-opts/capath.md
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@@ -18,9 +18,11 @@ Example:
 
 # `--capath`
 
-Use the specified certificate directory to verify the peer. Multiple paths can
-be provided by separating them with colon (`:`) (e.g. `path1:path2:path3`). The
-certificates must be in PEM format, and if curl is built against OpenSSL, the
+Use the specified certificate directory to verify the peer. If curl is built against
+OpenSSL, multiple paths can be provided by separating them with the appropriate platform-specific
+separator (e.g. `path1:path2:path3` on Unix-style platforms for `path1;path2;path3` on Windows).
+
+The certificates must be in PEM format, and if curl is built against OpenSSL, the
 directory must have been processed using the c_rehash utility supplied with
 OpenSSL. Using --capath can allow OpenSSL-powered curl to make SSL-connections
 much more efficiently than using --cacert if the --cacert file contains many