diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml
index c2d8fd003d..8b4283e3cc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml
@@ -21095,8 +21095,9 @@ postgres=# SELECT * FROM pg_walfile_name_offset(pg_stop_backup());
oid
- Lookup a replication origin by name and return the internal id. If no
- corresponding replication origin is found an error is thrown.
+ Lookup a replication origin by name and return the internal ID. If
+ no such replication origin is found, NULL is
+ returned.