diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/file-fdw.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/file-fdw.sgml
index 4c7f7e8a7e4..35d344f5c89 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/file-fdw.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/file-fdw.sgml
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
 
    <listitem>
     <para>
-     Specifies the file's encoding.
+     Specifies the file's encoding,
      the same as <command>COPY</>'s <literal>ENCODING</literal> option.
     </para>
    </listitem>