diff --git a/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_PROXYPASSWORD.3 b/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_PROXYPASSWORD.3
index 6fc0af83c..43536ca13 100644
--- a/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_PROXYPASSWORD.3
+++ b/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_PROXYPASSWORD.3
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 .\"
 .TH CURLOPT_PROXYPASSWORD 3 "19 Jun 2014" "libcurl 7.37.0" "curl_easy_setopt options"
 .SH NAME
-CURLOPT_PROXYPASSWORD \- password to use in authentication with proxy
+CURLOPT_PROXYPASSWORD \- password to use with proxy authentication
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 #include <curl/curl.h>
 
diff --git a/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_PROXYUSERNAME.3 b/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_PROXYUSERNAME.3
index 08ca2e0a9..b53bd2f58 100644
--- a/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_PROXYUSERNAME.3
+++ b/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_PROXYUSERNAME.3
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 .\"
 .TH CURLOPT_PROXYUSERNAME 3 "19 Jun 2014" "libcurl 7.37.0" "curl_easy_setopt options"
 .SH NAME
-CURLOPT_PROXYUSERNAME \- username to authenticate with a proxy
+CURLOPT_PROXYUSERNAME \- user name to use with proxy authentication
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .nf
 #include <curl/curl.h>
diff --git a/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_PROXYUSERPWD.3 b/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_PROXYUSERPWD.3
index 1632f0a91..67b6ffe43 100644
--- a/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_PROXYUSERPWD.3
+++ b/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_PROXYUSERPWD.3
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 .\"
 .TH CURLOPT_PROXYUSERPWD 3 "17 Jun 2014" "libcurl 7.37.0" "curl_easy_setopt options"
 .SH NAME
-CURLOPT_PROXYUSERPWD \- set user and password to use for the proxy
+CURLOPT_PROXYUSERPWD \- user name and password to use with proxy authentication
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 #include <curl/curl.h>
 
diff --git a/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_USERNAME.3 b/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_USERNAME.3
index 00fef19bb..7546f743d 100644
--- a/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_USERNAME.3
+++ b/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_USERNAME.3
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 .\"
 .TH CURLOPT_USERNAME 3 "19 Jun 2014" "libcurl 7.37.0" "curl_easy_setopt options"
 .SH NAME
-CURLOPT_USERNAME \- username to authenticate with
+CURLOPT_USERNAME \- user name to use in authentication
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .nf
 #include <curl/curl.h>
diff --git a/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_USERPWD.3 b/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_USERPWD.3
index bfcff77d8..22e920f3b 100644
--- a/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_USERPWD.3
+++ b/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_USERPWD.3
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 .\"
 .TH CURLOPT_USERPWD 3 "17 Jun 2014" "libcurl 7.37.0" "curl_easy_setopt options"
 .SH NAME
-CURLOPT_USERPWD \- set user + password to work with
+CURLOPT_USERPWD \- user name and password to use in authentication
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 #include <curl/curl.h>