diff --git a/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLINFO_CONTENT_LENGTH_UPLOAD.3 b/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLINFO_CONTENT_LENGTH_UPLOAD.3
index 3356314c7..c884e3704 100644
--- a/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLINFO_CONTENT_LENGTH_UPLOAD.3
+++ b/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLINFO_CONTENT_LENGTH_UPLOAD.3
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 .\"
 .TH CURLINFO_CONTENT_LENGTH_UPLOAD 3 "1 Sep 2015" "libcurl 7.44.0" "curl_easy_getinfo options"
 .SH NAME
-CURLINFO_CONTENT_LENGTH_UPLOAD \- receive the specified size of the upload
+CURLINFO_CONTENT_LENGTH_UPLOAD \- get the specified size of the upload
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 #include <curl/curl.h>