diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml
index 61b562da97f..c8db2390ffe 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml
@@ -4727,7 +4727,7 @@ SELECT * FROM pg_attribute
 
        <row>
         <entry><type>pg_ddl_command</></entry>
-        <entry>Identifies a represention of DDL commands that is available to event triggers.</entry>
+        <entry>Identifies a representation of DDL commands that is available to event triggers.</entry>
        </row>
 
        <row>