diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/release-16.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/release-16.sgml
index cccdc01d114..4b50bc67ce5 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/release-16.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/release-16.sgml
@@ -864,7 +864,7 @@ Author: Daniel Gustafsson <dgustafsson@postgresql.org>
 
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-Allow roles that create other roles to automatically inherit the new role's rights or SET ROLE to the new role (Robert Haas, Shi Yu)
+Allow roles that create other roles to automatically inherit the new role's rights or the ability to SET ROLE to the new role (Robert Haas, Shi Yu)
 </para>
 
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