diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ecpg.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ecpg.sgml
index 734a2df69e..e6e3a82905 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ecpg.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ecpg.sgml
@@ -1823,7 +1823,7 @@ while (1)
      representation of that type is <literal>(%f,%f)</literal>,
      which is defined in the
      functions <function>complex_in()</function>
-     and <function>complex_out()</function> functions
+     and <function>complex_out()</function>
      in <xref linkend="xtypes"/>.  The following example inserts the
      complex type values <literal>(1,1)</literal>
      and <literal>(3,3)</literal> into the