diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/release-17.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/release-17.sgml
index 93bc7408b5b..790e8fa33c3 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/release-17.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/release-17.sgml
@@ -1903,7 +1903,7 @@ Allow TLS connections without requiring a network round-trip negotiation (Greg S
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 <para>
-This is enabled with the client-side option sslnegotation=direct, requires ALPN, and only works on PostgreSQL 17 and later servers.
+This is enabled with the client-side option sslnegotiation=direct, requires ALPN, and only works on PostgreSQL 17 and later servers.
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