diff --git a/docs/libcurl/libcurl-tutorial.3 b/docs/libcurl/libcurl-tutorial.3
index 187d5ca0f..6b23057de 100644
--- a/docs/libcurl/libcurl-tutorial.3
+++ b/docs/libcurl/libcurl-tutorial.3
@@ -1222,7 +1222,7 @@ alternative and a file attachment encoded in base64:
 .nf
  curl_mime *message = curl_mime_init(easyhandle);
 
- /* The inline part is an alterative proposing the html and the text
+ /* The inline part is an alternative proposing the html and the text
     versions of the e-mail. */
  curl_mime *alt = curl_mime_init(easyhandle);