diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml
index c2fc6d326152e416105a11c4167b42c0ee28c54d..d871c041ce5fe8389f74a2b40ae335b0c18c25d5 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml
@@ -922,8 +922,8 @@ omicron         bryanh                  guest1
    </indexterm>
 
    <para>
-    The password-based authentication methods are <literal>scram</>
-    <literal>md5</> and <literal>password</>. These methods operate
+    The password-based authentication methods are <literal>scram</>,
+    <literal>md5</>, and <literal>password</>. These methods operate
     similarly except for the way that the password is sent across the
     connection.
    </para>