diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/dropuser.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/dropuser.sgml
index e20ae5a739..0db00b771f 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/dropuser.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/dropuser.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
-e, --echo
- Echo the queries that createdb generates
+ Echo the queries that dropuser generates
and sends to the server.