diff --git a/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_PROXY_SSLVERSION.3 b/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_PROXY_SSLVERSION.3
index 85ecdc41fa..6b9ff7deee 100644
--- a/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_PROXY_SSLVERSION.3
+++ b/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_PROXY_SSLVERSION.3
@@ -47,9 +47,9 @@ TLSv1.2
 .IP CURL_SSLVERSION_TLSv1_3
 TLSv1.3
 .IP CURL_SSLVERSION_MAX_DEFAULT
-The flag defines maximum supported TLS version as TLSv1.2 or default
-value from SSL library. Only library NSS currently allows to get
-maximum supported TLS version.
+The flag defines the maximum supported TLS version as TLSv1.2, or the default
+value from the SSL library. Only the NSS library currently allows one to get
+the maximum supported TLS version.
 (Added in 7.54.0)
 .IP CURL_SSLVERSION_MAX_TLSv1_0
 The flag defines maximum supported TLS version as TLSv1.0.
diff --git a/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_SSLVERSION.3 b/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_SSLVERSION.3
index f1443a10cc..5c447d8f33 100644
--- a/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_SSLVERSION.3
+++ b/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_SSLVERSION.3
@@ -51,9 +51,9 @@ TLSv1.2 (Added in 7.34.0)
 .IP CURL_SSLVERSION_TLSv1_3
 TLSv1.3 (Added in 7.52.0)
 .IP CURL_SSLVERSION_MAX_DEFAULT
-The flag defines maximum supported TLS version as TLSv1.2 or default
-value from SSL library. Only library NSS currently allows to get
-maximum supported TLS version.
+The flag defines the maximum supported TLS version as TLSv1.2, or the default
+value from the SSL library. Only the NSS library currently allows one to get
+the maximum supported TLS version.
 (Added in 7.54.0)
 .IP CURL_SSLVERSION_MAX_TLSv1_0
 The flag defines maximum supported TLS version as TLSv1.0.