diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ecpg.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ecpg.sgml
index 306e8471487..6ebbe2c09d2 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ecpg.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ecpg.sgml
@@ -6429,7 +6429,7 @@ DATABASE <replaceable>connection_target</replaceable>
      </varlistentry>
 
      <varlistentry>
-      <term><replaceable class="PARAMETER">connection_object</replaceable></term>
+      <term><replaceable class="PARAMETER">connection_name</replaceable></term>
       <listitem>
        <para>
         An optional identifier for the connection, so that it can be