diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b369b77..f1d0ffc 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -22,17 +22,17 @@ you want; importing the package never fails because an extra is missing.
 `requirements.txt` (pick the extra you need):
 
 ```
-aioweb_tls[curl]  @ git+ssh://git@git.rethinkstudios.io/rethink-public/aioweb_tls.git@v0.1.1
-aioweb_tls[noble] @ git+ssh://git@git.rethinkstudios.io/rethink-public/aioweb_tls.git@v0.1.1
-aioweb_tls[all]   @ git+ssh://git@git.rethinkstudios.io/rethink-public/aioweb_tls.git@v0.1.1
+aioweb_tls[curl]  @ git+ssh://git@git.rethinkstudios.io/rethink-public/aioweb_tls.git@v0.1.2
+aioweb_tls[noble] @ git+ssh://git@git.rethinkstudios.io/rethink-public/aioweb_tls.git@v0.1.2
+aioweb_tls[all]   @ git+ssh://git@git.rethinkstudios.io/rethink-public/aioweb_tls.git@v0.1.2
 ```
 
 Direct:
 
 ```bash
-pip install "aioweb_tls[curl] @ git+ssh://git@git.rethinkstudios.io/rethink-public/aioweb_tls.git@v0.1.1"
-pip install "aioweb_tls[noble] @ git+ssh://git@git.rethinkstudios.io/rethink-public/aioweb_tls.git@v0.1.1"
-pip install "aioweb_tls[all] @ git+ssh://git@git.rethinkstudios.io/rethink-public/aioweb_tls.git@v0.1.1"
+pip install "aioweb_tls[curl] @ git+ssh://git@git.rethinkstudios.io/rethink-public/aioweb_tls.git@v0.1.2"
+pip install "aioweb_tls[noble] @ git+ssh://git@git.rethinkstudios.io/rethink-public/aioweb_tls.git@v0.1.2"
+pip install "aioweb_tls[all] @ git+ssh://git@git.rethinkstudios.io/rethink-public/aioweb_tls.git@v0.1.2"
 ```
 
 - `[curl]` → curl_cffi backend · `[noble]` → noble_tls backend · `[all]` → both.
@@ -55,8 +55,11 @@ async with TLSSession(backend=CurlCffi(impersonate="chrome"), proxies={"https":
         print(resp.json()["tls"]["ja3"])
 ```
 
-- `CurlCffi(impersonate="chrome")` sets the forged profile; override per call by
-  passing `impersonate=` to any request method.
+- `CurlCffi(impersonate="chrome")` sets the forged profile; override it per call by
+  passing `impersonate=` to the low-level `request()` (which forwards `**kwargs` to the
+  backend). `request_with_retries` has a fixed signature and does **not** accept extra
+  backend kwargs — passing `impersonate=` there raises `TypeError`; set the profile on
+  the `CurlCffi` instance for the retrying path.
 - curl_cffi forges JA3/JA4 + HTTP/2 fingerprints via the bundled curl-impersonate binary.
 
 ## noble backend
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 8f392b2..2a16762 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 
 [project]
 name = "aioweb_tls"
-version = "0.1.1"
+version = "0.1.2"
 description = "TLS-fingerprinting backends for aioweb — curl_cffi / noble_tls ExtendedSession subclasses, config-free, installable."
 requires-python = ">=3.10"
 dependencies = [
diff --git a/src/aioweb_tls/backends.py b/src/aioweb_tls/backends.py
index f5b6e51..68c17f9 100644
--- a/src/aioweb_tls/backends.py
+++ b/src/aioweb_tls/backends.py
@@ -62,7 +62,10 @@ class CurlCffi:
 
     config:
         impersonate: browser profile to forge (default "chrome"); override per call
-            by passing impersonate= to any request method.
+            by passing impersonate= to the low-level request()/_raw_request path,
+            which forwards **kwargs to the backend. NOT request_with_retries — its
+            signature is fixed (no **kwargs) and would raise TypeError. for a
+            per-call profile under retries, set it on the CurlCffi instance instead.
 
     requires the [curl] extra (pip install "aioweb_tls[curl]").
     """