docs: returned header size reflects HTTP/1-style format

Ref: #21889

Closes #21912
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Viktor Szakats 2026-06-08 18:39:27 +02:00
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@ -202,7 +202,8 @@ The total amount of bytes that were downloaded. This is the size of the
body/data that was transferred, excluding headers.
## `size_header`
The total amount of bytes of the downloaded headers.
The total amount of bytes of the downloaded headers, as represented in
HTTP/1-style header format.
## `size_request`
The total amount of bytes that were sent in the HTTP request.

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@ -29,11 +29,15 @@ CURLcode curl_easy_getinfo(CURL *handle, CURLINFO_HEADER_SIZE, long *sizep);
# DESCRIPTION
Pass a pointer to a long to receive the total size of all the headers
received. Measured in number of bytes.
received, represented in HTTP/1-style header format. Measured in number of
bytes.
The total includes the size of any received headers suppressed by
CURLOPT_SUPPRESS_CONNECT_HEADERS(3).
The number of bytes transferred over the wire (or to the TLS backend) is
different when using HTTP/2 or greater.
# %PROTOCOLS%
# EXAMPLE