diff --git a/networking/netlibs/curl.xml b/networking/netlibs/curl.xml
index f81219bbb2..d911eb71b2 100644
--- a/networking/netlibs/curl.xml
+++ b/networking/netlibs/curl.xml
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ cp -v -R docs/*     /usr/share/doc/curl-&curl-version;</userinput></screen>
     </para>
 
     <para>
-      <option>--with-openssl</option>: This parameter chooses
+      <parameter>--with-openssl</parameter>: This parameter chooses
       <application>OpenSSL</application> as SSL/TLS implementation.
       This seems mandatory now.
     </para>
@@ -392,13 +392,13 @@ cp -v -R docs/*     /usr/share/doc/curl-&curl-version;</userinput></screen>
     </para>
 
     <para>
-      <option>--with-libssh2</option>: This paramater adds
+      <option>--with-libssh2</option>: This parameter adds
       <application>SSH</application> support to cURL. This is disabled
       by default.
     </para>
 
     <para>
-      <option>--enable-ares</option>: This paramater adds
+      <option>--enable-ares</option>: This parameter adds
       support for DNS resolution through the c-ares library. It is disabled
       by default, but does speed up DNS resolution queries.
     </para>