Identity for the real part of the elliptic integral of the first kind: references

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Is there any reference providing a derivation or a statement of an identity $$ \text{Re}\ \text{K}(x) = \frac{1}{1+x}\text{K}\left(\frac{2\sqrt{x}}{x+1}\right), \quad 0 < x < \infty , $$ where $$ \text{K}(x) =\int \limits_{0}^{\frac{\pi}{2}}\frac{dt}{\sqrt{1-x^2\sin^2(t)}} $$ is the elliptic integral of the first kind?

Although this identity is simply derived (look here) and can be verified graphically (in Wolfram Mathematica), I can't find any reference in which it is stated. This is very strange, leading to worries about its correctness.

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See Erdelyi et al., Higher Transcendental Functions, Vol II, p.319, Table 4, last entry. The book is available via http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bateman_Manuscript_Project