diff --git a/docs/HISTORY.md b/docs/HISTORY.md
index c0ddc2c333..c5ed138469 100644
--- a/docs/HISTORY.md
+++ b/docs/HISTORY.md
@@ -129,9 +129,11 @@ impossible. Around 5000 downloaded packages each week from the main site gives
 a hint, but the packages are mirrored extensively, bundled with numerous OS
 distributions and otherwise retrieved as part of other software.
 
-September: with the release of curl 7.10 it is released under the MIT license
+October 1: with the release of curl 7.10 it is released under the MIT license
 only.
 
+Starting with 7.10, curl verifies SSL server certificates by default.
+
 2003
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