diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml
index 39c322ef4a9..e4102cdd17c 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml
@@ -9544,7 +9544,7 @@ CREATE TYPE rainbow AS ENUM ('red', 'orange', 'yellow', 'green', 'blue', 'purple
         </entry>
         <entry><type>tsquery</type></entry>
         <entry>make query that searches for <replaceable>query1</> followed by
-         <replaceable>query2</> at maximum distance <replaceable>distance</></entry>
+         <replaceable>query2</> at distance <replaceable>distance</></entry>
         <entry><literal>tsquery_phrase(to_tsquery('fat'), to_tsquery('cat'), 10)</literal></entry>
         <entry><literal>'fat' &lt;10&gt; 'cat'</literal></entry>
        </row>