diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/copy.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/copy.sgml
index adbaa4c8e9..e5e480af82 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/copy.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/copy.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/copy.sgml,v 1.11 1999/12/14 00:08:12 momjian Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/copy.sgml,v 1.12 1999/12/17 14:52:51 thomas Exp $
 Postgres documentation
 -->
 
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ COPY [ BINARY ] <replaceable class="parameter">table</replaceable> [ WITH OIDS ]
          a NULL value, so you should make sure that you use the same string
          as you used on copy out.
         </para>
-       </hote>
+       </note>
       </listitem>
      </varlistentry>