diff --git a/reference/curl/functions/curl-setopt.xml b/reference/curl/functions/curl-setopt.xml
index 1f4e72f182..97b550f61b 100644
--- a/reference/curl/functions/curl-setopt.xml
+++ b/reference/curl/functions/curl-setopt.xml
@@ -919,7 +919,7 @@
            <entry valign="top"><constant>CURLOPT_FTPPORT</constant></entry>
            <entry valign="top">
             The value which will be used to get the IP address to use
-            for the FTP "POST" instruction. The "POST" instruction tells
+            for the FTP "PORT" instruction. The "PORT" instruction tells
             the remote server to connect to our specified IP address.  The
             string may be a plain IP address, a hostname, a network
             interface name (under Unix), or just a plain '-' to use the