diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml
index f1cb03f887155a6b3713aa1054bfd9ef0b6d0c0c..ca2d7e45e1b0d7a1f2372e1ec43780b33760f9e2 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
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-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml,v 1.91 2002/08/15 02:56:19 momjian Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml,v 1.92 2002/08/15 03:00:59 momjian Exp $
 -->
 
  <chapter id="libpq">
@@ -942,8 +942,8 @@ strings overlap.
    characters in this binary string (a terminating zero byte is
    neither necessary nor counted).  The <parameter>to_length</parameter>
    parameter shall point to a buffer suitable to hold the resultant
-   escaped string length. The result string length does not
-   include the terminating zero byte of the result.
+   escaped string length. The result string length includes the terminating
+   zero byte of the result.
   </para>
 
   <para>