diff --git a/reference/pgsql/functions/pg-ping.xml b/reference/pgsql/functions/pg-ping.xml
index d63bdcf34a..046df6c4c1 100644
--- a/reference/pgsql/functions/pg-ping.xml
+++ b/reference/pgsql/functions/pg-ping.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.1 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.2 $ -->
 <!-- splitted from ./en/functions/pgsql.xml, last change in rev 1.2 -->
   <refentry id="function.pg-ping">
    <refnamediv>
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
      </methodsynopsis>
     <para>
      <function>pg_ping</function> ping database connection, try to
-     reconnect if it is broken. It returns &true is connection is
+     reconnect if it is broken. It returns &true; if connection is
      alive, otherwise &false;.
     </para>
     <para>