diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/protocol.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/protocol.sgml
index 635fc7715b4f8cf5ef18c4721d0b7da12e18c016..4a01e310b30af6d508571ffc5c1b0c596bda8655 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/protocol.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/protocol.sgml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/protocol.sgml,v 1.32 2003/04/26 20:22:57 tgl Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/protocol.sgml,v 1.33 2003/04/28 05:17:31 tgl Exp $ -->
 
 <chapter id="protocol">
  <title>Frontend/Backend Protocol</title>
@@ -1156,7 +1156,7 @@ Notice that although each message includes a byte count at the beginning,
 the message format is defined so that the message end can be found without
 reference to the byte count.  This aids validity checking.  (The CopyData
 message is an exception, because it forms part of a data stream; the contents
-may not be interpretable on their own.)
+of any individual CopyData message may not be interpretable on their own.)
 </para>
 
 <VariableList>