diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/release-12.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/release-12.sgml
index 26e842fb782..91f914ecceb 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/release-12.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/release-12.sgml
@@ -634,7 +634,7 @@ Have new btree indexes sort duplicate index entries in heap-storage order (Peter
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-Btree indexes <application>pg_upgraded</application> from previous releases will not have this ordering.  This slightly reduces the maximum length of indexed values.
+This slightly reduces the maximum-allowed length of indexed values.  Indexes <application>pg_upgraded</application> from previous releases will not have this ordering.
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@@ -1233,7 +1233,7 @@ Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
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 <para>
-Allow more use of indexes for text columns comparisons with <structname>information_schema</structname> columns (Tom Lane)
+Allow more use of indexes for text comparisons with <structname>information_schema</structname> columns (Tom Lane)
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