diff --git a/doc/src/Build_extras.txt b/doc/src/Build_extras.txt
index c096b5901b..66f1c8fcbd 100644
--- a/doc/src/Build_extras.txt
+++ b/doc/src/Build_extras.txt
@@ -169,8 +169,8 @@ used to build the GPU library.
 
 KIM package :h4,link(kim)
 
-To build with this package, the KIM library must be downloaded and
-built on your system.  It must include the KIM models that you want to
+To build with this package, the KIM library with API v2 must be downloaded
+and built on your system.  It must include the KIM models that you want to
 use with LAMMPS. If you want to use the "kim_query"_kim_query.html
 command, you also need to have libcurl installed with the matching
 development headers and the curl-config tool.
@@ -178,9 +178,9 @@ development headers and the curl-config tool.
 Note that in LAMMPS lingo, a KIM model driver is a pair style
 (e.g. EAM or Tersoff).  A KIM model is a pair style for a particular
 element or alloy and set of parameters, e.g. EAM for Cu with a
-specific EAM potential file.  Also note that installing the KIM API
-library with all its models, may take around 30 min to build.  Of
-course you only need to do that once.
+specific EAM potential file.  Also note that downloading and installing
+the KIM API library with all its models, may take a long time (10s of
+minutes to hours) to build.  Of course you only need to do that once.
 
 See the list of KIM model drivers here:
 https://openkim.org/browse/model-drivers/alphabetical
diff --git a/doc/src/kim_query.txt b/doc/src/kim_query.txt
index 61f8bf12ae..ffebe698be 100644
--- a/doc/src/kim_query.txt
+++ b/doc/src/kim_query.txt
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ For more details on this, please refer to the OpenKIM homepage.
 
 This command is part of the KIM package.  It is only enabled if
 LAMMPS was built with that package.  Furthermore, its correct
-functioning is dependend on compiling LAMMPS with libcurl support.
+functioning depends on compiling LAMMPS with libcurl support.
 See the "Build package"_Build_package.html doc page for more info.
 
 [Related commands:]
diff --git a/doc/utils/sphinx-config/false_positives.txt b/doc/utils/sphinx-config/false_positives.txt
index 5366a31d5d..6eb158396f 100644
--- a/doc/utils/sphinx-config/false_positives.txt
+++ b/doc/utils/sphinx-config/false_positives.txt
@@ -1382,6 +1382,7 @@ libAtoms
 libawpmd
 libch
 libcolvars
+libcurl
 libdir
 libdl
 libfftw