diff --git a/reference/curl/functions/curl-setopt.xml b/reference/curl/functions/curl-setopt.xml
index 8affce69fb..439643e7ab 100644
--- a/reference/curl/functions/curl-setopt.xml
+++ b/reference/curl/functions/curl-setopt.xml
@@ -733,7 +733,7 @@
           <row>
            <entry><constant>CURLOPT_COOKIE</constant></entry>
            <entry>
-            The contents of the <literal>"Set-Cookie: "</literal> header to be
+            The contents of the <literal>"Cookie: "</literal> header to be
             used in the HTTP request.
             Note that multiple cookies are separated with a semicolon followed
             by a space (e.g., "<literal>fruit=apple; colour=red</literal>")