diff --git a/docs/libcurl/libcurl-errors.3 b/docs/libcurl/libcurl-errors.3
index 0c37c3d76c..de28c2d41e 100644
--- a/docs/libcurl/libcurl-errors.3
+++ b/docs/libcurl/libcurl-errors.3
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ Failure with receiving network data.
 .IP "CURLE_SHARE_IN_USE (57)"
 Share is in use
 .IP "CURLE_SSL_CERTPROBLEM (58)"
-problem with the local certificate
+problem with the local client certificate
 .IP "CURLE_SSL_CIPHER (59)"
 couldn't use specified cipher
 .IP "CURLE_SSL_CACERT (60)"