diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_receivexlog.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_receivexlog.sgml
index be321b5..9405f0f 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_receivexlog.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_receivexlog.sgml
@@ -139,9 +139,10 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
       <term><option>--synchronous</option></term>
       <listitem>
        <para>
-        Issue sync commands as soon as there is WAL data which has not been
-        flushed yet. Also status packets are sent back to the server just after
-        WAL data is flushed whatever <literal>--status-interval</> is set to.
+        Issue <command>sync</> commands as soon as there is WAL data which has
+        not been flushed yet. Also status packets are sent back to the server
+        just after WAL data is flushed whatever <literal>--status-interval</>
+        is set to.
        </para>
       </listitem>
      </varlistentry>