diff --git a/doc/man3/EC_POINT_new.pod b/doc/man3/EC_POINT_new.pod
index 3358a08d8b55b8272ea98af89013dacbdb64b6f5..e10c0a9d4cbdfc942150156919f6ffb8e6c1b68a 100644
--- a/doc/man3/EC_POINT_new.pod
+++ b/doc/man3/EC_POINT_new.pod
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ EC_POINT_set_compressed_coordinates_GF2m() and EC_POINT_oct2point().
 
 EC_POINT_method_of returns the EC_METHOD associated with the supplied EC_POINT.
 
-EC_POINT_point2oct() and EC_point2buf() return the length of the required
+EC_POINT_point2oct() and EC_POINT_point2buf() return the length of the required
 buffer or 0 on error.
 
 EC_POINT_point2bn() returns the pointer to the BIGNUM supplied, or NULL on