diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/queries.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/queries.sgml
index 4c5a83c9cbf..95559ef1ac4 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/queries.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/queries.sgml
@@ -2173,7 +2173,7 @@ SELECT sum(n) FROM t;
   <note>
    <para>
     While <literal>RECURSIVE</literal> allows queries to be specified
-    recursively, internally all queries are evaluated iteratively.
+    recursively, internally such queries are evaluated iteratively.
    </para>
   </note>