diff --git a/docs/curl.1 b/docs/curl.1
index d3a87fc9b1..f524d5fe92 100644
--- a/docs/curl.1
+++ b/docs/curl.1
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ If this option is used twice, the second will again disable silent failure.
 .IP "--ftp-ssl"
 (FTP) Make the FTP connection switch to use SSL/TLS. (Added in 7.11.0)
 
-If this option is used twice, the second will again disable silent failure.
+If this option is used twice, the second will again disable this.
 .IP "-F/--form <name=content>"
 (HTTP) This lets curl emulate a filled in form in which a user has pressed the
 submit button. This causes curl to POST data using the Content-Type