diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/copy.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/copy.sgml
index e7a6676efd0..546cef04b98 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/copy.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/copy.sgml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ COPY { <replaceable class="parameter">table_name</replaceable> [ ( <replaceable
     FREEZE [ <replaceable class="parameter">boolean</replaceable> ]
     DELIMITER '<replaceable class="parameter">delimiter_character</replaceable>'
     NULL '<replaceable class="parameter">null_string</replaceable>'
-    HEADER [ <replaceable class="parameter">boolean</replaceable> | <literal>match</literal> ]
+    HEADER [ <replaceable class="parameter">boolean</replaceable> | match ]
     QUOTE '<replaceable class="parameter">quote_character</replaceable>'
     ESCAPE '<replaceable class="parameter">escape_character</replaceable>'
     FORCE_QUOTE { ( <replaceable class="parameter">column_name</replaceable> [, ...] ) | * }