diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/syntax.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/syntax.sgml
index f23bec8b9d..ec86da299e 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/syntax.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/syntax.sgml
@@ -563,7 +563,7 @@ U&'d!0061t!+000061' UESCAPE '!'
     <para>
      While the standard syntax for specifying string constants is usually
      convenient, it can be difficult to understand when the desired string
-     contains many single quotes or backslashes, since each of those must
+     contains many single quotes, since each of those must
      be doubled. To allow more readable queries in such situations,
      <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> provides another way, called
      <quote>dollar quoting</quote>, to write string constants.