diff --git a/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.3 b/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.3
index 47fc9b7f09..3a95128093 100644
--- a/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.3
+++ b/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.3
@@ -159,8 +159,8 @@ Protocols to allow redirects to. See \fICURLOPT_REDIR_PROTOCOLS(3)\fP
 Default protocol. See \fICURLOPT_DEFAULT_PROTOCOL(3)\fP
 .IP CURLOPT_PROXY
 Proxy to use. See \fICURLOPT_PROXY(3)\fP
-.IP CURLOPT_SOCKS_PROXY
-Socks proxy to use. See \fICURLOPT_SOCKS_PROXY(3)\fP
+.IP CURLOPT_PRE_PROXY
+Socks proxy to use. See \fICURLOPT_PRE_PROXY(3)\fP
 .IP CURLOPT_PROXYPORT
 Proxy port to use. See \fICURLOPT_PROXYPORT(3)\fP
 .IP CURLOPT_PROXYTYPE