diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/storage.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/storage.sgml
index bb1bf3a68e..8ef2ac8010 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/storage.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/storage.sgml
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ segments as well, though this is unlikely to happen in practice.
 <para>
 A table that has columns with potentially large entries will have an
 associated <firstterm>TOAST</firstterm> table, which is used for out-of-line storage of
-field values that are too large to keep in the table rows properly.
+field values that are too large to keep in the table rows proper.
 <structname>pg_class</structname>.<structfield>reltoastrelid</structfield> links from a table to
 its <acronym>TOAST</acronym> table, if any.
 See <xref linkend="storage-toast"/> for more information.