diff --git a/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_recv.3 b/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_recv.3
index 9de636495..d425fe2b4 100644
--- a/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_recv.3
+++ b/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_recv.3
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ buffer. The variable \fBn\fP points to will receive the number of received
 bytes.
 
 To establish the connection, set \fBCURLOPT_CONNECT_ONLY(3)\fP option before
-calling \fIcurl_easy_perform(3)\fP or \cIcurl_multi_perform(3)\fP. Note that
+calling \fIcurl_easy_perform(3)\fP or \fIcurl_multi_perform(3)\fP. Note that
 \fIcurl_easy_recv(3)\fP does not work on connections that were created without
 this option.