diff --git a/doc/hg.1.txt b/doc/hg.1.txt
--- a/doc/hg.1.txt
+++ b/doc/hg.1.txt
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ revision::
 repository path::
     either the pathname of a local repository or the URI of a remote
     repository.  There are two available URI protocols, http:// which is
-    fast and the old-http:// protocol which is much slower but does not
+    fast and the static-http:// protocol which is much slower but does not
     require a special server on the web host.