diff --git a/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_CURLU.3 b/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_CURLU.3
index 2ac008b60..995fcd3f4 100644
--- a/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_CURLU.3
+++ b/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_CURLU.3
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ transfer is started.
 libcurl will use this handle and its contents read-only and will not change
 its contents. An application can very well update the contents of the URL
 handle after a transfer is done and if the same handle is then used in a
-subsequest request the updated contents will then be used.
+subsequent request the updated contents will then be used.
 .SH DEFAULT
 The default value of this parameter is NULL.
 .SH PROTOCOLS