diff --git a/qwarc/__init__.py b/qwarc/__init__.py
index b52777f..5d21076 100644
--- a/qwarc/__init__.py
+++ b/qwarc/__init__.py
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ class Item:
 		method: str, must be 'GET' or 'POST'
 		data: dict or list/tuple of lists/tuples of length two or bytes or file-like or None, the data to be sent in the request body
 		headers: list of 2-tuples, additional headers for this request only
+		verify_ssl: bool, whether the SSL/TLS certificate should be validated
 
 		Returns response (a ClientResponse object or None) and history (a tuple of (response, exception) tuples).
 			response can be None and history can be an empty tuple, depending on the circumstances (e.g. timeouts).