diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml
index 0420772f4c4..173115becdf 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
-$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.395 2005/10/27 13:34:46 momjian Exp $
+$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.396 2005/10/28 20:00:03 tgl Exp $
 
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@@ -1700,7 +1700,7 @@ psql -t -f fixseq.sql db1 | psql -e db1
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Prevent <command>\x</> (expanded mode) from affecting
-        the output of <command>\d tablename<\> (Neil)
+        the output of <command>\d tablename</> (Neil)
        </para>
       </listitem>