diff --git a/doc/man/man3/ldap_get_dn.3 b/doc/man/man3/ldap_get_dn.3
index 0ce5c2e168..7ac12015c5 100644
--- a/doc/man/man3/ldap_get_dn.3
+++ b/doc/man/man3/ldap_get_dn.3
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ OpenLDAP LDAP (libldap, \-lldap)
 char *ldap_get_dn( LDAP *ld, LDAPMessage *entry )
 .LP
 .ft B
-int ldap_str2dn( const char *str, LDAPDN **dn, unsigned flags )
+int ldap_str2dn( const char *str, LDAPDN *dn, unsigned flags )
 .LP
 .ft B
 int ldap_dn2str( LDAPDN *dn, char **str, unsigned flags )
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ typedef struct ldap_ava {
 } LDAPAVA;
 
 typedef LDAPAVA** LDAPRDN;
-typedef LDAPRDN** LDAPDN;
+typedef LDAPRDN* LDAPDN;
 
 .ft
 .fi