diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/lobj.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/lobj.sgml
index cf4653fe0f9..6329cf0796b 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/lobj.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/lobj.sgml
@@ -901,8 +901,6 @@ exportFile(PGconn *conn, Oid lobjId, char *filename)
 
     lo_close(conn, lobj_fd);
     close(fd);
-
-    return;
 }
 
 static void