diff --git a/reference/curl/functions/curl-setopt.xml b/reference/curl/functions/curl-setopt.xml
index 563ac4f9a0..3ad3601e6b 100644
--- a/reference/curl/functions/curl-setopt.xml
+++ b/reference/curl/functions/curl-setopt.xml
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@
           <row>
            <entry valign="top"><constant>CURLOPT_FAILONERROR</constant></entry>
            <entry valign="top">
-            &true; to fail silently if the HTTP code returned
+            &true; to fail verbosely if the HTTP code returned
             is greater than or equal to 400. The default behavior is to return
             the page normally, ignoring the code.
            </entry>