diff --git a/doc/tor.1.in b/doc/tor.1.in
index 403cf6662d..78513cb7d9 100644
--- a/doc/tor.1.in
+++ b/doc/tor.1.in
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ some servers will observe a fraction of your paths.
 (Defaults to 0; will eventually default to 1.)
 .LP
 .TP
-\fBNumHelperNodesUseHelperNodes \fR\fINUM\fP
+\fBNumHelperNodes \fR\fINUM\fP
 If UseHelperNodes is set to 1, we will try to pick a total of NUM helper
 nodes as entries for our circuits.
 (Defaults to 3.)