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diff --git a/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_UNIX_SOCKET_PATH.3 b/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_UNIX_SOCKET_PATH.3
index f65676364..a659cd2ca 100644
--- a/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_UNIX_SOCKET_PATH.3
+++ b/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_UNIX_SOCKET_PATH.3
@@ -22,18 +22,18 @@
.\"
.TH CURLOPT_UNIX_SOCKET_PATH 3 "09 Oct 2014" "libcurl 7.40.0" "curl_easy_setopt options"
.SH NAME
-CURLOPT_UNIX_SOCKET_PATH \- set UNIX domain socket
+CURLOPT_UNIX_SOCKET_PATH \- set Unix domain socket
.SH SYNOPSIS
#include <curl/curl.h>
CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_UNIX_SOCKET_PATH, char *path);
.SH DESCRIPTION
-Enables the use of UNIX domain sockets as connection endpoint and sets the path
-to \fIpath\fP. If \fIpath\fP is NULL, then UNIX domain sockets are disabled. An
+Enables the use of Unix domain sockets as connection endpoint and sets the path
+to \fIpath\fP. If \fIpath\fP is NULL, then Unix domain sockets are disabled. An
empty string will result in an error at some point, it will not disable use of
-UNIX domain sockets.
+Unix domain sockets.
-When enabled, cURL will connect to the UNIX domain socket instead of
+When enabled, cURL will connect to the Unix domain socket instead of
establishing a TCP connection to a host. Since no TCP connection is created,
cURL does not need to resolve the DNS hostname in the URL.
@@ -45,9 +45,9 @@ Proxy and TCP options such as
are not supported. Proxy options such as
.BR CURLOPT_PROXY "(3)
have no effect either as these are TCP-oriented, and asking a proxy server to
-connect to a certain UNIX domain socket is not possible.
+connect to a certain Unix domain socket is not possible.
.SH DEFAULT
-Default is NULL, meaning that no UNIX domain sockets are used.
+Default is NULL, meaning that no Unix domain sockets are used.
.SH PROTOCOLS
All protocols except for file:// and FTP are supported in theory. HTTP, IMAP,
POP3 and SMTP should in particular work (including their SSL/TLS variants).