diff --git a/doc/bugs/http_proxy_for_openid.mdwn b/doc/bugs/http_proxy_for_openid.mdwn
index dc8423e46..28fbee026 100644
--- a/doc/bugs/http_proxy_for_openid.mdwn
+++ b/doc/bugs/http_proxy_for_openid.mdwn
@@ -61,3 +61,10 @@ Brian May
 >> Use $ua->env_proxy() to get it to read the environment variables. Then http:// does work.
 >>
 >> Unfortunately this breaks https:// even more - but nothing I do seems to make https:// work anymore.
+
+
+>>> LWP::UserAgent defaults to not caring about proxy settings in
+>>> the environment. (To give control over the result, I guess?) 
+>>> To get it to care, pass `env_proxy => 1` to the constructor. Affected
+>>> plugins: aggregate, openid, pinger. This probably wants to be on
+>>> by default, and might not need to be configurable. --[[schmonz]]