diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/createuser.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/createuser.sgml
index 314f51ec85..54ada23fe5 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/createuser.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/createuser.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ Postgres documentation
-e, --echo
- Echo the queries that createdb generates
+ Echo the queries that createuser generates
and sends to the backend.