diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/libcurl-doc-option-fix.md b/changelogs/unreleased/libcurl-doc-option-fix.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..9a0de0adbf8061dc5112fdc2fd416905d2a5b2a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/libcurl-doc-option-fix.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+## bugfix/build
+
+* The `BUILD_MISC_DOCS` curl option is now disabled by default (gh-10576).
diff --git a/cmake/BuildLibCURL.cmake b/cmake/BuildLibCURL.cmake
index 872058ec71c8b674b5796179118e8f3e85630606..ba6b183506e223be09b29bc2fc55bc786b665d88 100644
--- a/cmake/BuildLibCURL.cmake
+++ b/cmake/BuildLibCURL.cmake
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ macro(curl_build)
 
     # Let's disable building documentation for curl to save build time.
     list(APPEND LIBCURL_CMAKE_FLAGS "-DENABLE_CURL_MANUAL=OFF")
+    list(APPEND LIBCURL_CMAKE_FLAGS "-DBUILD_MISC_DOCS=OFF")
     list(APPEND LIBCURL_CMAKE_FLAGS "-DBUILD_LIBCURL_DOCS=OFF")
 
     # Setup use of openssl, use the same OpenSSL library