diff --git a/docs/curl.1 b/docs/curl.1
index 6246b8137..1d52a4ed5 100644
--- a/docs/curl.1
+++ b/docs/curl.1
@@ -595,9 +595,7 @@ This option can be used multiple times.
 .IP "--random-file <file>"
 (HTTPS) Specify the path name to file containing what will be considered as
 random data. The data is used to seed the random engine for SSL connections.
-See also the
-.I "--edg-file"
-option.
+See also the \fI--egd-file\fP option.
 .IP "-r/--range <range>"
 (HTTP/FTP)
 Retrieve a byte range (i.e a partial document) from a HTTP/1.1 or FTP