diff --git a/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.3 b/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.3
index 4c6e795b5..eb800e393 100644
--- a/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.3
+++ b/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.3
@@ -1377,8 +1377,8 @@ returned.
 
 Note that even though this option doesn't need any parameter, in some
 configurations \fIcurl_easy_setopt\fP might be defined as a macro taking
-exactly three arguments. Therefore, it's recommended to pass a dummy value as
-parameter.
+exactly three arguments. Therefore, it's recommended to pass 1 as parameter to
+this option.
 .IP CURLOPT_SSLVERSION
 Pass a long as parameter to control what version of SSL/TLS to attempt to use.
 The available options are: