diff --git a/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.3 b/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.3
index b0c2745b0f..23194999ce 100644
--- a/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.3
+++ b/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.3
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 .\"
 .TH curl_easy_setopt 3 "27 Oct 2005" "libcurl 7.14.2" "libcurl Manual"
 .SH NAME
-curl_easy_setopt - set options for a curl easy handle
+curl_easy_setopt \- set options for a curl easy handle
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 #include <curl/curl.h>