diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml
index acba939c8a2..d914255358b 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml
@@ -590,7 +590,7 @@
    </table>
 
    <para>
-    The bitwise operators work only on integral data types, and are also
+    The bitwise operators work only on integral data types and are also
     available for the bit
     string types <type>bit</type> and <type>bit varying</type>, as
     shown in <xref linkend="functions-bit-string-op-table">.