diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/recovery-config.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/recovery-config.sgml
index a145a3fee2..1efd4e0cf8 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/recovery-config.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/recovery-config.sgml
@@ -300,8 +300,6 @@ restore_command = 'copy "C:\\server\\archivedir\\%f" "%p"'  # Windows
       </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
 
-     </variablelist>
-
      <varlistentry id="action-at-recovery-target"
                    xreflabel="action_at_recovery_target">
       <term><varname>action_at_recovery_target</varname> (<type>enum</type>)