diff --git a/doc/man3/OCSP_response_status.pod b/doc/man3/OCSP_response_status.pod
index 82f95b3af1d190ba91277c644ebce79db0b7bb67..305e4340f52b6cf0c1e0661fa64d96643934d6d6 100644
--- a/doc/man3/OCSP_response_status.pod
+++ b/doc/man3/OCSP_response_status.pod
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ with the X509 certificate B<cert>.
 
 OCSP_basic_sign() signs OCSP response B<brsp> using certificate B<signer>, private key
 B<key>, digest B<dgst> and additional certificates B<certs>. If the B<flags> option
-B<OCSP_NOCERTS> is set then no certificates will be included in the request. If the
+B<OCSP_NOCERTS> is set then no certificates will be included in the response. If the
 B<flags> option B<OCSP_RESPID_KEY> is set then the responder is identified by key ID
 rather than by name. OCSP_basic_sign_ctx() also signs OCSP response B<brsp> but
 uses the parameters contained in digest context B<ctx>.