diff --git a/docs/curl.1 b/docs/curl.1
index 688a14b96..3e4efa885 100644
--- a/docs/curl.1
+++ b/docs/curl.1
@@ -1217,7 +1217,9 @@ Failed to connect to host.
 .IP 8
 FTP weird server reply. The server sent data curl couldn't parse.
 .IP 9
-FTP access denied. The server denied login.
+FTP access denied. The server denied login or denied access to the particular
+resource or directory you wanted to reach. Most often you tried to change to a
+directory that doesn't exist on the server.
 .IP 10
 FTP user/password incorrect. Either one or both were not accepted by the
 server.