diff --git a/docs/cmdline-opts/create-dirs.d b/docs/cmdline-opts/create-dirs.d
index 48a8fd466f..801e95d1ea 100644
--- a/docs/cmdline-opts/create-dirs.d
+++ b/docs/cmdline-opts/create-dirs.d
@@ -3,9 +3,10 @@ Help: Create necessary local directory hierarchy
 Category: curl
 ---
 When used in conjunction with the --output option, curl will create the
-necessary local directory hierarchy as needed. This option creates the dirs
-mentioned with the --output option, nothing else. If the --output file name
-uses no dir or if the dirs it mentions already exist, no dir will be created.
+necessary local directory hierarchy as needed. This option creates the
+directories mentioned with the --output option, nothing else. If the --output
+file name uses no directory, or if the directories it mentions already exist,
+no directories will be created.
 
 Created dirs are made with mode 0750 on unix style file systems.