diff --git a/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_SSH_AUTH_TYPES.md b/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_SSH_AUTH_TYPES.md
index 01ebd6f7a4..60a6025c8c 100644
--- a/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_SSH_AUTH_TYPES.md
+++ b/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_SSH_AUTH_TYPES.md
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ int main(void)
   if(curl) {
     CURLcode res;
     curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "sftp://example.com/file");
-    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_SSH_AUTH_TYPES, (long)
+    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_SSH_AUTH_TYPES,
                      CURLSSH_AUTH_PUBLICKEY | CURLSSH_AUTH_KEYBOARD);
     res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
     curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
@@ -60,6 +60,11 @@ int main(void)
 }
 ~~~
 
+# HISTORY
+
+**CURLSSH_AUTH_*** macros became `long` types in 8.16.0, prior to this version
+a `long` cast was necessary when passed to curl_easy_setopt(3).
+
 # %AVAILABILITY%
 
 # RETURN VALUE