diff --git a/usingcurl/telnet.md b/usingcurl/telnet.md
index dc277ecc27..9b9d3bb371 100644
--- a/usingcurl/telnet.md
+++ b/usingcurl/telnet.md
@@ -54,10 +54,9 @@ options available to use:
 - `NEW_ENV=<var,val>` sets the environment variable `var` to the value `val`
   in the remote session
 
-Login to your local machine's telnet server and tell it you use a vt100
+Login to your local machine's telnet server and tell it you use a `vt100`
 terminal:
 
     curl --telnet-option TTYPE=vt100 telnet://localhost
 
 You need to manually enter your name and password when prompted.
-
diff --git a/wordlist.txt b/wordlist.txt
index 8bd6a4d9c0..b898d529fa 100644
--- a/wordlist.txt
+++ b/wordlist.txt
@@ -558,7 +558,6 @@ vcpkg
 VERIFYRESULT
 Viktor
 VMware
-vt
 vtls
 Warta
 WAV