diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml
index 36b2c5427af..17c44bc3384 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml
@@ -16004,7 +16004,7 @@ table2-mapping
Some functions in this table have a RETURNING clause,
which specifies the data type returned. It must be one of json,
jsonb, bytea, a character string type (text,
- char, varchar, or nchar), or a type
+ char, or varchar), or a type
for which there is a cast from json to that type.
By default, the json type is returned.