diff --git a/src/backend/tcop/dest.c b/src/backend/tcop/dest.c
index 06d1872b9a..bd6085b7ed 100644
--- a/src/backend/tcop/dest.c
+++ b/src/backend/tcop/dest.c
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ EndCommand(const QueryCompletion *qc, CommandDest dest, bool force_undecorated_o

 			len = BuildQueryCompletionString(completionTag, qc,
 											 force_undecorated_output);
-			pq_putmessage(PqMsg_Close, completionTag, len + 1);
+			pq_putmessage(PqMsg_CommandComplete, completionTag, len + 1);

 		case DestNone:
 		case DestDebug: