diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml
index 812540e3861..ecb48ed37c4 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml
@@ -7959,7 +7959,7 @@ ldap://ldap.acme.com/cn=dbserver,cn=hosts?pgconnectinfo?base?(objectclass=*)
~/.postgresql/postgresql.crt>
client certificate
- requested by server
+ sent to server