diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/plpgsql.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/plpgsql.sgml
index a6088e9c07a..dc29e7cd0f6 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/plpgsql.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/plpgsql.sgml
@@ -3999,13 +3999,10 @@ CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION process_emp_audit() RETURNS TRIGGER AS $emp_audit$
         --
         IF (TG_OP = 'DELETE') THEN
             INSERT INTO emp_audit SELECT 'D', now(), user, OLD.*;
-            RETURN OLD;
         ELSIF (TG_OP = 'UPDATE') THEN
             INSERT INTO emp_audit SELECT 'U', now(), user, NEW.*;
-            RETURN NEW;
         ELSIF (TG_OP = 'INSERT') THEN
             INSERT INTO emp_audit SELECT 'I', now(), user, NEW.*;
-            RETURN NEW;
         END IF;
         RETURN NULL; -- result is ignored since this is an AFTER trigger
     END;