diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/trigger.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/trigger.sgml
index ce76a1f0420..950245d19a2 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/trigger.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/trigger.sgml
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@
    </para>
 
    <para>
-    A statement that targets a parent table in a inheritance or partitioning
+    A statement that targets a parent table in an inheritance or partitioning
     hierarchy does not cause the statement-level triggers of affected child
     tables to be fired; only the parent table's statement-level triggers are
     fired.  However, row-level triggers of any affected child tables will be