diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_database.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_database.sgml
index 0bae8450c16..e128c1891d0 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_database.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_database.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
@@ -146,9 +146,6 @@ CREATE DATABASE name
ERROR: Unable to create database directory 'path'.
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ERROR: Could not initialize database directory.