diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/storage.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/storage.sgml
index a80d0333c31..75a87a504ad 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/storage.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/storage.sgml
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ segments as well, though this is unlikely to happen in practice.
 <para>
 A table that has columns with potentially large entries will have an
 associated <firstterm>TOAST</> table, which is used for out-of-line storage of
-field values that are too large to keep in the table rows properly.
+field values that are too large to keep in the table rows proper.
 <structname>pg_class</>.<structfield>reltoastrelid</> links from a table to
 its <acronym>TOAST</> table, if any.
 See <xref linkend="storage-toast"> for more information.