diff --git a/include/SFML/Network/Ftp.hpp b/include/SFML/Network/Ftp.hpp
index d3bf1a352..1b43078f6 100644
--- a/include/SFML/Network/Ftp.hpp
+++ b/include/SFML/Network/Ftp.hpp
@@ -486,6 +486,13 @@ public :
     ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
     /// \brief Send a command to the FTP server
     ///
+    /// While the most often used commands are provided as member
+    /// functions in the sf::Ftp class, this method can be used
+    /// to send any FTP command to the server. If the command
+    /// requires one or more parameters, they can be specified
+    /// in \a parameter. If the server returns information, you
+    /// can extract it from the response using Response::getMessage().
+    ///
     /// \param command   Command to send
     /// \param parameter Command parameter
     ///
@@ -500,7 +507,7 @@ private:
     /// \brief Receive a response from the server
     ///
     /// This function must be called after each call to
-    /// SendCommand that expects a response.
+    /// sendCommand that expects a response.
     ///
     /// \return Server response to the request
     ///
@@ -541,13 +548,15 @@ private:
 /// \li Connecting to the FTP server
 /// \li Logging in (either as a registered user or anonymously)
 /// \li Sending commands to the server
-/// \li Disconnecting (this part can be done implicitely by the destructor)
+/// \li Disconnecting (this part can be done implicitly by the destructor)
 ///
 /// Every command returns a FTP response, which contains the
 /// status code as well as a message from the server. Some
-/// commands such as getWorkingDirectory and getDirectoryListing
+/// commands such as getWorkingDirectory() and getDirectoryListing()
 /// return additional data, and use a class derived from
-/// sf::Ftp::Response to provide this data.
+/// sf::Ftp::Response to provide this data. The most often used
+/// commands are directly provided as member functions, but it is
+/// also possible to use specific commands with the sendCommand() method.
 ///
 /// All commands, especially upload and download, may take some
 /// time to complete. This is important to know if you don't want
@@ -584,6 +593,11 @@ private:
 /// if (response.isOk())
 ///     std::cout << "File uploaded" << std::endl;
 ///
+/// // Send specific commands (here: FEAT to list supported FTP features)
+/// response = ftp.sendCommand("FEAT");
+/// if (response.isOk())
+///     std::cout << "Feature list:\n" << response.getMessage() << std::endl;
+///
 /// // Disconnect from the server (optional)
 /// ftp.disconnect();
 /// \endcode