diff --git a/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.3 b/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.3
index b387445f4f4024aa6a33ae3b8decf228be914245..8ecebd36e9b8c5e2bc222deecb94dcaa39f0566a 100644
--- a/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.3
+++ b/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.3
@@ -766,9 +766,9 @@ support only works for FTP. (Added in 7.3)
 .SH OTHER OPTIONS
 .TP 0.4i
 .B CURLOPT_PRIVATE
-Pass a char * as parameter, pointing to data that should be
-associated with the curl handle.  The pointer can be subsequently retrieved using
-the CURLINFO_PRIVATE options to curl_easy_getinfo. (Added in 7.10.3)
+Pass a char * as parameter, pointing to data that should be associated with
+the curl handle.  The pointer can be subsequently retrieved using the
+CURLINFO_PRIVATE options to curl_easy_getinfo. (Added in 7.10.3)
 .PP
 .SH RETURN VALUE
 CURLE_OK (zero) means that the option was set properly, non-zero means an