diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml
index 22540a12ae..150bf7b0f6 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
@@ -649,7 +649,7 @@ CREATE DATABASE foo WITH TEMPLATE template0;
Because pg_dump is used to tranfer data
to newer versions of PostgreSQL>, the output of
pg_dump can be loaded into
- newer versions of PostgreSQL>. It also can read older
+ newer PostgreSQL> databases. It also can read older
PostgreSQL> databases. However, it usually cannot
read newer PostgreSQL> databases or produce dump output
that can be loaded into older database versions. To do this, manual