diff --git a/docs/cmdline-opts/page-footer b/docs/cmdline-opts/page-footer
index beae49ac12..af41c94824 100644
--- a/docs/cmdline-opts/page-footer
+++ b/docs/cmdline-opts/page-footer
@@ -173,8 +173,8 @@ appears if --fail is used.
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 Write error. Curl could not write data to a local filesystem or similar.
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-FTP could not STOR file. The server denied the STOR operation, used for FTP
-uploading.
+Failed starting the upload. For FTP, the server typically denied the STOR
+command.
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 Read error. Various reading problems.
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