diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml
index 5f45db2..7244449 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml
@@ -508,7 +508,7 @@
     </para>
 
     <para>
-     We use the following terms below:  the
+     We use the following terms below:  The
      <firstterm>precision</firstterm> of a <type>numeric</type>
      is the total count of significant digits in the whole number,
      that is, the number of digits to both sides of the decimal point.