diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/wal.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/wal.sgml
index e212ddf16c..9df1218f2b 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/wal.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/wal.sgml
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@
    committing at about the same time.  Setting <varname>commit_delay</varname>
    can only help when there are many concurrently committing transactions,
    and it is difficult to tune it to a value that actually helps rather
-   than hurt throughput.
+   than hurts throughput.
   </para>
 
  </sect1>