diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/protocol.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/protocol.sgml
index f82affd0c5..b587ef71c1 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/protocol.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/protocol.sgml
@@ -2501,7 +2501,7 @@ The commands accepted in walsender mode are:
- pg_internal.init (found in multiple directories)>
+ pg_internal.init (found in multiple directories)