diff --git a/docs/curl.1 b/docs/curl.1
index 1a1e811d4..62988184d 100644
--- a/docs/curl.1
+++ b/docs/curl.1
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ Use "-C -" to tell curl to automatically find out where/how to resume the
 transfer. It then uses the given output/input files to figure that out.
 
 If this option is used several times, the last one will be used.
-.IP "---create-dirs"
+.IP "--create-dirs"
 When used in conjunction with the -o option, curl will create the necessary 
 local directory hierarchy as needed.
 .IP "--crlf"