diff --git a/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.3 b/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.3
index e07776ccf..7d30fa697 100644
--- a/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.3
+++ b/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.3
@@ -477,12 +477,6 @@ Set the parameter to 1 to make the library tunnel all operations through a
 given HTTP proxy. There is a big difference between using a proxy and to
 tunnel through it. If you don't know what this means, you probably don't want
 this tunneling option.
-.IP CURLOPT_SOCKS5_RESOLVE_LOCAL
-Set the parameter to 1 to make the library to resolve the host name locally
-instead of passing it to the proxy to resolve, when using a SOCKS5 proxy.
-
-Note that libcurl before 7.18.0 always resolved the host name locally even
-when SOCKS5 was used. (Added in 7.18.0)
 .IP CURLOPT_INTERFACE
 Pass a char * as parameter. This set the interface name to use as outgoing
 network interface. The name can be an interface name, an IP address or a host