diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
index e90269a5130..db48f506e58 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
@@ -2995,7 +2995,7 @@ local0.*    /var/log/postgresql
      <varlistentry id="guc-syslog-ident" xreflabel="syslog_ident">
       <term><varname>syslog_ident</varname> (<type>string</type>)</term>
       <indexterm>
-       <primary><varname>syslog_identity</> configuration parameter</primary>
+       <primary><varname>syslog_ident</> configuration parameter</primary>
       </indexterm>
        <listitem>
         <para>