diff --git a/docs/libcurl/curl_version_info.3 b/docs/libcurl/curl_version_info.3
index f85cd008f68db98d13d5a54f092e8cbdc4df04f5..e043769241c382274dce93d4ea36393308bf67ef 100644
--- a/docs/libcurl/curl_version_info.3
+++ b/docs/libcurl/curl_version_info.3
@@ -142,8 +142,7 @@ libcurl was built with support for HTTP2.
 \fIssl_version\fP is an ASCII string for the OpenSSL version used. If libcurl
 has no SSL support, this is NULL.
 
-\fIssl_version_num\fP is the numerical OpenSSL version value as defined by the
-OpenSSL project. If libcurl has no SSL support, this is 0.
+\fIssl_version_num\fP is always 0.
 
 \fIlibz_version\fP is an ASCII string (there is no numerical version). If
 libcurl has no libz support, this is NULL.