diff --git a/doc/man/man5/slapd-ldap.5 b/doc/man/man5/slapd-ldap.5
index cde1d7e5e5..9c5c5b0b1e 100644
--- a/doc/man/man5/slapd-ldap.5
+++ b/doc/man/man5/slapd-ldap.5
@@ -121,7 +121,9 @@ for details on these statements and for remarks and drawbacks about
 their usage.
 .TP
 .B idassert-passwd <password>
-Password used with the proxy authzDN above.
+Password used with the
+.B idassert-authcdn
+above.
 .TP
 .B idassert-mode <mode> [<flags>]
 defines what type of