diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/recovery.conf.sample b/src/backend/access/transam/recovery.conf.sample
index 229c749f177..5acfa572f0e 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/recovery.conf.sample
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/recovery.conf.sample
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
 # just after or just before the given target, respectively).
 #
 #
-#recovery_target_name = ''  # e.g. 'daily backup 2011-01-26'
+#recovery_target_name = ''	# e.g. 'daily backup 2011-01-26'
 #
 #recovery_target_time = ''	# e.g. '2004-07-14 22:39:00 EST'
 #