diff --git a/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.3 b/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.3
index b9aa0568241e5dd275f5460629ea8a1868be24c2..eab64d0c5fc144aa6bffe5f4480ddf32625d6b88 100644
--- a/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.3
+++ b/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.3
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ output. This is only relevant for protocols that actually have headers
 preceding the data (like HTTP).
 .TP
 .B CURLOPT_NOPROGRESS
-A non-zero parameter tells the library to shut of the built-in progress meter
+A non-zero parameter tells the library to shut off the built-in progress meter
 completely.
 
 \fBNOTE:\fP future versions of libcurl is likely to not have any built-in