diff --git a/docs/curl_easy_setopt.3 b/docs/curl_easy_setopt.3
index 9640ff2b5..f20e41c9e 100644
--- a/docs/curl_easy_setopt.3
+++ b/docs/curl_easy_setopt.3
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 .\" nroff -man [file]
 .\" $Id$
 .\"
-.TH curl_easy_setopt 3 "29 May 2001" "libcurl 7.8" "libcurl Manual"
+.TH curl_easy_setopt 3 "31 May 2001" "libcurl 7.8" "libcurl Manual"
 .SH NAME
 curl_easy_setopt - Set curl easy-session options
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -178,12 +178,6 @@ similar.
 A non-zero parameter tells the library to use HTTP PUT a file. The file to put
 must be set with CURLOPT_INFILE and CURLOPT_INFILESIZE.
 .TP
-.B CURLOPT_MUTE
-A non-zero parameter tells the library to be completely quiet. This only
-affects error messages that occurs when there's no CURLOPT_ERRORBUFFER
-specified. If an error messaged is specifed, this option won't make any
-difference.
-.TP
 .B CURLOPT_USERPWD
 Pass a char * as parameter, which should be [username]:[password] to use for
 the connection. If the password is left out, you will be prompted for it.