diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml
index 43c0ee01220..f37f100c6a2 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml
@@ -1587,7 +1587,7 @@
       </row>
 
       <row>
-       <entry><literal><function>length(<parameter>string</parameter><type>bytea</type>,
+       <entry><literal><function>length(<parameter>string</parameter> <type>bytea</type>,
         <parameter>encoding</parameter> <type>name</type> )</function></literal></entry>
        <entry><type>int</type></entry>
        <entry>