diff --git a/docs/manual/CoreTasks/get.html b/docs/manual/CoreTasks/get.html
index ad22900c0..f536e1a70 100644
--- a/docs/manual/CoreTasks/get.html
+++ b/docs/manual/CoreTasks/get.html
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ NB: This timestamp facility only works on downloads using the HTTP protocol.
 A username and password can be specified, in which case basic 'slightly encoded
 plain text' authentication is used. This is only a secure authentication
 mechanism over an HTTPS link.
+<p>
+If you need to go through a firewall, use
+<a href="../OptionalTasks/setproxy.html">&lt;setproxy&gt;</a>
+to set up the proxy first. 
 </p>
  
 <h3>Parameters</h3>
diff --git a/docs/manual/OptionalTasks/ftp.html b/docs/manual/OptionalTasks/ftp.html
index 7935921b3..3476ee551 100644
--- a/docs/manual/OptionalTasks/ftp.html
+++ b/docs/manual/OptionalTasks/ftp.html
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ instead.</p>
 tasks</a>, on how the inclusion/exclusion of files works, and how to
 write patterns.</p>
 <p>
+This task does not currently use the proxy information set by the
+<a href="setproxy.html">&lt;setproxy&gt;</a> task, and cannot go through
+a firewall via socks. 
+<p>
 <b>Warning: </b> for the get and delete actions to work properly 
 with a Windows 2000 ftp server, it needs to be configured to generate
 Unix style listings, and not the default MS-DOS listing. Or someone needs to write