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@@ -813,7 +813,7 @@ In your ``~/.bash_profile``:
 SOCKS
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-To enable SOCKS proxy support please install ``requests[socks]`` using ``pip``:
+Homebrew-installed HTTPie comes with SOCKS proxy support out of the box. To enable SOCKS proxy support for non-Homebrew  installations, you'll need to install ``requests[socks]`` manually using ``pip``:
 
 
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