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diff --git a/docs/maintainers/vcpkg_download_distfile.md b/docs/maintainers/vcpkg_download_distfile.md
@@ -40,8 +40,9 @@ Skip SHA512 hash check for file.
 This switch is only valid when building with the `--head` command line flag.
 
 ### ALWAYS_REDOWNLOAD
-This should be used when in `--head` mode, in order to tell this command to redownload when possible;
-in other words, avoid caching. This has no effect in `--no-downloads` mode.
+Avoid caching; this is a REST call or otherwise unstable.
+
+Requires `SKIP_SHA512`.
 
 ### HEADERS
 A list of headers to append to the download request. This can be used for authentication during a download.

diff --git a/docs/maintainers/vcpkg_from_sourceforge.md b/docs/maintainers/vcpkg_from_sourceforge.md
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ The latest version of this document lives in the [vcpkg repo](https://github.com
 
 Download and extract a project from sourceforge.
 
-This function automatically checks a set of sourceforge mirrors;
-additionally, mirrors can be injected through the `VCPKG_SOURCEFORGE_EXTRA_MIRRORS`
-variable, which should be a semicolon-separated list.
+This function automatically checks a set of sourceforge mirrors.
+Additional mirrors can be injected through the `VCPKG_SOURCEFORGE_EXTRA_MIRRORS`
+list variable in the triplet.
 
 ## Usage:
 ```cmake
@@ -58,9 +58,6 @@ A list of patches to be applied to the extracted sources.
 
 Relative paths are based on the port directory.
 
-### DISABLE_SSL
-Disable ssl when downloading source.
-
 ### NO_REMOVE_ONE_LEVEL
 Specifies that the default removal of the top level folder should not occur.