diff --git a/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLINFO_SSL_VERIFYRESULT.3 b/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLINFO_SSL_VERIFYRESULT.3
index 0d09552822..8cded45b94 100644
--- a/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLINFO_SSL_VERIFYRESULT.3
+++ b/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLINFO_SSL_VERIFYRESULT.3
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 .\"
 .TH CURLINFO_SSL_VERIFYRESULT 3 "1 Sep 2015" "libcurl 7.44.0" "curl_easy_getinfo options"
 .SH NAME
-CURLINFO_SSL_VERIFYRESULT \- [short 
+CURLINFO_SSL_VERIFYRESULT \- get the result of the certification verification
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 #include <curl/curl.h>