diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml
index 749360a4b71..461fc3f437c 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml
@@ -16056,7 +16056,7 @@ table2-mapping
which specifies the data type returned. It must be one of json,
jsonb, bytea, a character string type (text,
char, or varchar), or a type
- for which there is a cast from json to that type.
+ that can be cast to json.
By default, the json type is returned.