diff --git a/reference/pgsql/functions/pg-escape-string.xml b/reference/pgsql/functions/pg-escape-string.xml
index f06bdfeff1..1337ab8fd6 100644
--- a/reference/pgsql/functions/pg-escape-string.xml
+++ b/reference/pgsql/functions/pg-escape-string.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
pg_escape_string escapes a string for querying
the database. It returns an escaped string in the PostgreSQL
format without quotes. pg_escape_literal is
- more preffered way to escape SQL parameters for PostgreSQL.
+ more preferred way to escape SQL parameters for PostgreSQL.
addslashes must not be used with PostgreSQL.
If the type of the column is
bytea, pg_escape_bytea must be used