diff --git a/doc/event-notifications.xml b/doc/event-notifications.xml
index f43c7f00..ad39fb99 100644
--- a/doc/event-notifications.xml
+++ b/doc/event-notifications.xml
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@
   the notification types can be filtered to explicitly named ones using the
   <varname>event_notifications</varname> parameter, e.g.:
     <programlisting>
-    event_notifications='primary_register,standby_register,witness_register;</programlisting>
+    event_notifications='primary_register,standby_register,witness_register'</programlisting>
 
  </para>