diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/protocol.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/protocol.sgml
index ec786d8f8a7..0ef533d24e7 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/protocol.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/protocol.sgml
@@ -1475,7 +1475,7 @@ the password is in.
Server sends an AuthenticationSASLContinue message, with a SCRAM
- server-first message> as the content.
+ server-first-message> as the content.