diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml
index 8c722d9fb49..2a2cf09ae6f 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml
@@ -7557,7 +7557,7 @@ ldap://ldap.acme.com/cn=dbserver,cn=hosts?pgconnectinfo?base?(objectclass=*)
      <row>
       <entry><filename>~/.postgresql/postgresql.crt</></entry>
       <entry>client certificate</entry>
-      <entry>requested by server</entry>
+      <entry>sent to server</entry>
      </row>
 
      <row>