diff --git a/doc/man/man5/ldap.conf.5 b/doc/man/man5/ldap.conf.5
index a4681f3434..fdedd84263 100644
--- a/doc/man/man5/ldap.conf.5
+++ b/doc/man/man5/ldap.conf.5
@@ -175,8 +175,8 @@ Authorities the client will recognize.
 .B TLS_CACERTDIR <path>
 Specifies the path of a directory that contains Certificate Authority
 certificates in separate individual files. The
-.B TLS_CACERT is always
-used before
+.B TLS_CACERT
+is always used before
 .B TLS_CACERTDIR.
 .TP
 .B TLS_CERT <filename>