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diff --git a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
index b650fc39f..c4c181ef1 100644
--- a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
+++ b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
@@ -6790,14 +6790,16 @@ white space is ignored.
.cindex "TXT record" "in &(dnsdb)& lookup"
.cindex "SPF record" "in &(dnsdb)& lookup"
.new
-For TXT and SPF records with multiple items of data, only the first item is returned,
+For TXT records with multiple items of data, only the first item is returned,
unless a separator for them is specified using a comma after the separator
-character followed immediately by the TXT/SPF record item separator. To concatenate
-items without a separator, use a semicolon instead.
+character followed immediately by the TXT record item separator. To concatenate
+items without a separator, use a semicolon instead. For SPF records the
+default behaviour is to concatenate multiple items without using a separator.
.wen
.code
${lookup dnsdb{>\n,: txt=a.b.example}}
${lookup dnsdb{>\n; txt=a.b.example}}
+${lookup dnsdb{spf=example.org}}
.endd
It is permitted to specify a space as the separator character. Further
white space is ignored.