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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml
index d17ff51e282..e09adb45e41 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml
@@ -1893,8 +1893,8 @@ SCRAM-SHA-256$<replaceable>&lt;iteration count&gt;</replaceable>:<replaceable>&l
</indexterm>
<para>
- The catalog <structname>pg_class</structname> catalogs tables and most
- everything else that has columns or is otherwise similar to a
+ The catalog <structname>pg_class</structname> describes tables and
+ other objects that have columns or are otherwise similar to a
table. This includes indexes (but see also <link
linkend="catalog-pg-index"><structname>pg_index</structname></link>),
sequences (but see also <link
@@ -1902,8 +1902,8 @@ SCRAM-SHA-256$<replaceable>&lt;iteration count&gt;</replaceable>:<replaceable>&l
views, materialized views, composite types, and TOAST tables;
see <structfield>relkind</structfield>.
Below, when we mean all of these kinds of objects we speak of
- <quote>relations</quote>. Not all columns are meaningful for all relation
- types.
+ <quote>relations</quote>. Not all of <structname>pg_class</structname>'s
+ columns are meaningful for all relation kinds.
</para>
<table>