diff --git a/locale/en/download/package-manager.md b/locale/en/download/package-manager.md
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@@ -7,6 +7,12 @@ title: Installing Node.js via package manager
 
 ***Note:*** The packages on this page are maintained and supported by their respective packagers, **not** the Node.js core team. Please report any issues you encounter to the package maintainer. If it turns out your issue is a bug in Node.js itself, the maintainer will report the issue upstream.
 
+### Installing by `curl` behind a proxy
+When running `curl` behind a proxy, don't invoke it as `curl --proxy [proxy-protocol://]proxy-host[:proxy-port]`. That's because this step downloads a script, which invokes `curl` again.
+Instead, have `~/.curlrc` containing
+
+```proxy=[proxy-protocol://]proxy-host[:proxy-port]```
+
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 * [Arch Linux](#arch-linux)