diff --git a/docs/curl.1 b/docs/curl.1
index 3c077a0dfc..9c9b16cfa2 100644
--- a/docs/curl.1
+++ b/docs/curl.1
@@ -120,9 +120,9 @@ using \fI-D/--dump-header\fP!
 If this option is set more than once, the last one will be the one that's
 used.
 .IP "-B/--use-ascii"
-Use ASCII transfer when getting an FTP file or LDAP info. For FTP, this can
-also be enforced by using an URL that ends with ";type=A". This option causes
-data sent to stdout to be in text mode for win32 systems.
+Enable ASCII transfer when using FTP or LDAP. For FTP, this can also be
+enforced by using an URL that ends with ";type=A". This option causes data
+sent to stdout to be in text mode for win32 systems.
 
 If this option is used twice, the second one will disable ASCII usage.
 .IP "--basic"