diff --git a/doc/api/http.markdown b/doc/api/http.markdown
index bc7bbb3f93..7d5b9b5215 100644
--- a/doc/api/http.markdown
+++ b/doc/api/http.markdown
@@ -387,11 +387,14 @@ followed by `response.end()`.
 ## http.request(options, callback)
 
 Node maintains several connections per server to make HTTP requests.
-This function allows one to transparently issue requests.
+This function allows one to transparently issue requests.  Options align
+with `url.parse`.
 
 Options:
 
 - `host`: A domain name or IP address of the server to issue the request to.
+- `hostname`: To support `url.parse` `hostname` is prefered over
+  `host`
 - `port`: Port of remote server.
 - `socketPath`: Unix Domain Socket (use one of host:port or socketPath)
 - `method`: A string specifying the HTTP request method. Possible values:
@@ -399,6 +402,8 @@ Options:
 - `path`: Request path. Should include query string and fragments if any.
    E.G. `'/index.html?page=12'`
 - `headers`: An object containing request headers.
+- `auth`: Basic authentication i.e. `'user:password'` to compute an
+  Authorization header.
 - `agent`: Controls `Agent` behavior. When an Agent is used request will default to 
    Connection:keep-alive. Possible values:
  - `undefined` (default): use default `Agent` for this host and port.
@@ -456,6 +461,9 @@ There are a few special headers that should be noted.
   and listen for the `continue` event. See RFC2616 Section 8.2.3 for more
   information.
 
+* Sending an Authorization header will override useing the `auth` option
+  to compute basic authentication.
+
 ## http.get(options, callback)
 
 Since most requests are GET requests without bodies, Node provides this
diff --git a/doc/api/https.markdown b/doc/api/https.markdown
index be21af6458..7a5473cf84 100644
--- a/doc/api/https.markdown
+++ b/doc/api/https.markdown
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ Example:
 ## https.request(options, callback)
 
 Makes a request to a secure web server.
-Similar options to `http.request()`.
+All options from [`http.request()`](http.html#http.request) are valid.
 
 Example:
 
diff --git a/doc/api/url.markdown b/doc/api/url.markdown
index 3d188bac45..372dae8083 100644
--- a/doc/api/url.markdown
+++ b/doc/api/url.markdown
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ string will not be in the parsed object. Examples are shown for the URL
 * `search`: The 'query string' portion of the URL, including the leading question mark.
 
   Example: `'?query=string'`
+* `path`: Concatenation of `pathname` and `search`.
+
+  Example: `'/p/a/t/h?query=string'`
 * `query`: Either the 'params' portion of the query string, or a querystring-parsed object.
 
   Example: `'query=string'` or `{'query':'string'}`