diff --git a/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_FTP_FILEMETHOD.md b/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_FTP_FILEMETHOD.md
index 320b362f8f..56b8e3da5a 100644
--- a/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_FTP_FILEMETHOD.md
+++ b/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_FTP_FILEMETHOD.md
@@ -68,8 +68,7 @@ int main(void)
   if(curl) {
     CURLcode res;
     curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "ftp://example.com/1/2/3/4/new.txt");
-    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_FTP_FILEMETHOD,
-                     (long)CURLFTPMETHOD_SINGLECWD);
+    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_FTP_FILEMETHOD, CURLFTPMETHOD_SINGLECWD);
 
     res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
 
@@ -78,6 +77,11 @@ int main(void)
 }
 ~~~
 
+# HISTORY
+
+CURLFTPMETHOD_\* enums became `long` types in 8.16.0, prior to this version
+a `long` cast is necessary when passing to curl_easy_setopt(3).
+
 # %AVAILABILITY%
 
 # RETURN VALUE