diff --git a/docs/curl.1 b/docs/curl.1
index e83779af6..c87474758 100644
--- a/docs/curl.1
+++ b/docs/curl.1
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ is used to seed the random engine for SSL connections. See also the
 with HTTPS or FTPS. The certificate must be in PEM format.  If the optional
 password isn't specified, it will be queried for on the terminal. Note that
 this option assumes a \&"certificate" file that is the private key and the
-private certificate concatenated! See \fI--cert\P and \fI--key\fP to specify
+private certificate concatenated! See \fI--cert\fP and \fI--key\fP to specify
 them independently.
 
 If this option is used several times, the last one will be used.