diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/release-17.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/release-17.sgml
index 9bad665531e..207d42713c6 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/release-17.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/release-17.sgml
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ Branch: REL_14_STABLE [b282280e9] 2026-05-11 05:13:51 -0700
 
      <para>
       Use <function>timingsafe_bcmp()</function> instead
-      of <function>memcpy()</function> or <function>strcmp()</function>
+      of <function>memcmp()</function> or <function>strcmp()</function>
       when checking passwords, hashes, etc.  It is not known whether the
       data dependency of those functions is usefully exploitable in any of
       these places, but in the interests of safety, replace them.