diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/func/func-formatting.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/func/func-formatting.sgml
index e4edaf4f42c..7f0cbd8231c 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/func/func-formatting.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/func/func-formatting.sgml
@@ -1128,7 +1128,7 @@
to_char(485, 'PL999')
- '+485'
+ '+ 485'
to_char(485, 'SG999')