diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml
index d73fdf6ca4..5dce8ef178 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml
@@ -10903,7 +10903,7 @@ SELECT xmltable.*
     <para>
      The following example illustrates how
      the <literal>XMLNAMESPACES</literal> clause can be used to specify
-     the default namespace, and a list of additional namespaces
+     a list of namespaces
      used in the XML document as well as in the XPath expressions:
 
   <screen><![CDATA[