diff --git a/tools/gst-xmllaunch.1 b/tools/gst-xmllaunch.1
index 661a72a7f1..c4495c0674 100644
--- a/tools/gst-xmllaunch.1
+++ b/tools/gst-xmllaunch.1
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ gst\-inspect to see what properties various elements have.
 
 You can pass "-" as the XML\-FILE to read from stdin.
 
+XML\-FILE can be a URI as well, thanks to the wizardry of libxml. I'm not really
+sure what all is supported, it seems http works just fine though.
+
 .
 .SH "OPTIONS"
 .l