diff --git a/docs/startup-HOWTO.html b/docs/startup-HOWTO.html
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@@ -647,7 +647,7 @@ you can just forget that your bouncer even exists.</p>
 
 <pre>
 /SET -clear proxy_password
-/EVAL SET proxy_string CONNECT %s:%d\n\n
+/EVAL SET proxy_string CONNECT %s:%d HTTP/1.0\n\n
 </pre>
 
 <p><strong>BNC</strong></p>