diff --git a/libcurl/caches.md b/libcurl/caches.md index 4e6169ae6..3e7f7f3db 100644 --- a/libcurl/caches.md +++ b/libcurl/caches.md @@ -65,10 +65,10 @@ handshake process and therefore the time needed until completion. ## CA cert cache -With some of the TLS backends curl supports (OpenSSL and Schannel), it builds -a CA cert store cache in memory and keeps it there for subsequent transfers to -use. This lets transfers skip unnecessary loading and parsing time that comes -from loading and handling the sometimes rather big CA cert bundles. +With some of the TLS backends curl supports, it builds a CA cert store cache +in memory and keeps it there for subsequent transfers to use. This lets +transfers skip unnecessary loading and parsing time that comes from loading +and handling the sometimes rather big CA cert bundles. Since the CA cert bundle might be updated, the life-time of the cache is by default set to 24 hours so that long-running applications will flush the cache