diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml
index 97b0eae702b..49087df153a 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml
@@ -505,7 +505,7 @@
 
       <row>
        <entry> <literal>^</literal> </entry>
-       <entry>exponentiation</entry>
+       <entry>exponentiation (associates left to right)</entry>
        <entry><literal>2.0 ^ 3.0</literal></entry>
        <entry><literal>8</literal></entry>
       </row>