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diff --git a/docs/cmdline-opts/netrc.d b/docs/cmdline-opts/netrc.d
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--- a/docs/cmdline-opts/netrc.d
+++ b/docs/cmdline-opts/netrc.d
@@ -3,15 +3,15 @@ Short: n
Help: Must read .netrc for user name and password
Category: curl
---
-Makes curl scan the \fI.netrc\fP (\fI_netrc\fP on Windows) file in the user's
-home directory for login name and password. This is typically used for FTP on
+Makes curl scan the *.netrc* (*_netrc* on Windows) file in the user's home
+directory for login name and password. This is typically used for FTP on
Unix. If used with HTTP, curl will enable user authentication. See
-\fInetrc(5)\fP \fIftp(1)\fP for details on the file format. Curl will not
+*netrc(5)* *ftp(1)* for details on the file format. Curl will not
complain if that file doesn't have the right permissions (it should not be
either world- or group-readable). The environment variable "HOME" is used to
find the home directory.
-A quick and very simple example of how to setup a \fI.netrc\fP to allow curl
+A quick and very simple example of how to setup a *.netrc* to allow curl
to FTP to the machine host.domain.com with user name \&'myself' and password
\&'secret' should look similar to: