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-rw-r--r--doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_table.sgml5
-rw-r--r--doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml2
2 files changed, 3 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_table.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_table.sgml
index 3af65accea8..a39cb8fc0f4 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_table.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_table.sgml
@@ -906,9 +906,8 @@ ALTER TABLE [ IF EXISTS ] <replaceable class="PARAMETER">name</replaceable>
The <literal>TRIGGER</>, <literal>CLUSTER</>, <literal>OWNER</>,
and <literal>TABLESPACE</> actions never recurse to descendant tables;
that is, they always act as though <literal>ONLY</> were specified.
- Adding a constraint can recurse only for <literal>CHECK</> constraints,
- and is required to do so for such constraints, except those that are
- explicitely marked <literal>NO INHERIT</>.
+ Adding a constraint recurses only for <literal>CHECK</> constraints
+ that are not marked <literal>NO INHERIT</>.
</para>
<para>
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml
index 4da6eea7589..a52bfad2f3d 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@ CREATE [ [ GLOBAL | LOCAL ] { TEMPORARY | TEMP } | UNLOGGED ] TABLE [ IF NOT EXI
<para>
A constraint marked with <literal>NO INHERIT</> will not propagate to
- children tables.
+ child tables.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>