3 files changed, 8 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml
index 1e06bd33bdc..0d927011654 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
   <refname>pg_dump</refname>
 
   <refpurpose>
-   extract a <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> database into a script file or other archive file
+   export a <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> database as an SQL script or to other formats
   </refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>
 
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dumpall.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dumpall.sgml
index 43f384ed16a..8ca68da5a55 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dumpall.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dumpall.sgml
@@ -16,7 +16,10 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
 
  <refnamediv>
   <refname>pg_dumpall</refname>
-  <refpurpose>extract a <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> database cluster using a specified dump format</refpurpose>
+
+  <refpurpose>
+   export a <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> database cluster as an SQL script or to other formats
+  </refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>
 
  <refsynopsisdiv>
@@ -33,7 +36,7 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
   <para>
    <application>pg_dumpall</application> is a utility for writing out
    (<quote>dumping</quote>) all <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> databases
-   of a cluster into an archive.  The archive contains
+   of a cluster into an SQL script file or an archive.  The output contains
    <acronym>SQL</acronym> commands that can be used as input to <xref
    linkend="app-psql"/> to restore the databases.  It does this by
    calling <xref linkend="app-pgdump"/> for each database in the cluster.
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_restore.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_restore.sgml
index 8c88b07dcc8..b649bd3a5ae 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_restore.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_restore.sgml
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
   <refname>pg_restore</refname>
 
   <refpurpose>
-   restore a <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> database or cluster
-   from an archive created by <application>pg_dump</application> or
+   restore <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> databases from archives
+   created by <application>pg_dump</application> or
    <application>pg_dumpall</application>
   </refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>