diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/protocol.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/protocol.sgml
index f0b21452084..30e6a0ab20a 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/protocol.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/protocol.sgml
@@ -1625,7 +1625,7 @@ PostgreSQL is tls-server-end-point.
Server sends an AuthenticationSASLContinue message, with a SCRAM
- server-first message as the content.
+ server-first-message as the content.