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1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ddl.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ddl.sgml
index 6a3b6220980..f2055b0d587 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ddl.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ddl.sgml
@@ -1466,7 +1466,7 @@ ALTER TABLE products RENAME TO items;
<para>
To assign privileges, the <command>GRANT</command> command is
- used. For example, if <literal>joe</literal> is an existing user, and
+ used. For example, if <literal>joe</literal> is an existing role, and
<literal>accounts</literal> is an existing table, the privilege to
update the table can be granted with:
<programlisting>
@@ -1477,8 +1477,8 @@ GRANT UPDATE ON accounts TO joe;
</para>
<para>
- The special <quote>user</quote> name <literal>PUBLIC</literal> can
- be used to grant a privilege to every user on the system. Also,
+ The special <quote>role</quote> name <literal>PUBLIC</literal> can
+ be used to grant a privilege to every role on the system. Also,
<quote>group</> roles can be set up to help manage privileges when
there are many users of a database &mdash; for details see
<xref linkend="user-manag">.