diff --git a/doc/api/http.markdown b/doc/api/http.markdown index de8e7eb6dd3e55..ab7b75945bb8ee 100644 --- a/doc/api/http.markdown +++ b/doc/api/http.markdown @@ -478,9 +478,9 @@ Options: - `Agent` object: explicitly use the passed in `Agent`. - `false`: opts out of connection pooling with an Agent, defaults request to `Connection: close`. -- `keepAlive`: {Boolean} Keep sockets around in a pool to be used + - `keepAlive`: {Boolean} Keep sockets around in a pool to be used by other requests in the future. Default = `false` -- `keepAliveMsecs`: {Integer} When using HTTP KeepAlive, how often to + - `keepAliveMsecs`: {Integer} When using HTTP KeepAlive, how often to send TCP KeepAlive packets over sockets being kept alive. Default = `1000`. Only relevant if `keepAlive` is set to `true`.