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@@ -1121,8 +1121,11 @@ Additional options to ``DOWNLOAD`` are:
Verify that the downloaded content hash matches the expected value, where
``ALGO`` is one of the algorithms supported by ``file(<HASH>)``.
- If it does not match, the operation fails with an error. It is an error to
- specify this if ``DOWNLOAD`` is not given a ``<file>``.
+ If the file already exists and matches the hash, the download is skipped.
+ If the file already exists and does not match the hash, the file is
+ downloaded again. If after download the file does not match the hash, the
+ operation fails with an error. It is an error to specify this option if
+ ``DOWNLOAD`` is not given a ``<file>``.
``EXPECTED_MD5 <value>``
Historical short-hand for ``EXPECTED_HASH MD5=<value>``. It is an error to