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@@ -79,6 +79,8 @@ To use a mirror of the node binaries, set `$NVM_NODEJS_ORG_MIRROR`:
 
     NVM_NODEJS_ORG_MIRROR=http://nodejs.org/dist nvm install 0.10
 
+`nvm use` will, by defaut, create a "current" symlink. Set `$NVM_SYMLINK_CURRENT` to any value other than "true" to disable this behavior.
+
 ## License
 
 nvm is released under the MIT license.