diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml
index d36e4979b67..84eb3a45eea 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml
@@ -18883,7 +18883,7 @@ ERROR:  jsonpath array subscript is out of bounds
        </para>
        <para>
         <literal>JSON_QUERY(jsonb '[1,[2,3],null]', 'lax $[*][$off]' PASSING 1 AS off WITH CONDITIONAL WRAPPER)</literal>
-        <returnvalue>[3]</returnvalue>
+        <returnvalue>3</returnvalue>
        </para>
        <para>
         <literal>JSON_QUERY(jsonb '{"a": "[1, 2]"}', 'lax $.a' OMIT QUOTES)</literal>