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-rw-r--r--src/backend/access/heap/README.tuplock8
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/README.tuplock b/src/backend/access/heap/README.tuplock
index 10b8d78ab7e..b2f3a4ce909 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/heap/README.tuplock
+++ b/src/backend/access/heap/README.tuplock
@@ -45,10 +45,10 @@ and modifications which might alter the tuple's key. This is the lock that is
implicitly taken by UPDATE operations which leave all key fields unchanged.
SELECT FOR SHARE obtains a shared lock which prevents any kind of tuple
modification. Finally, SELECT FOR KEY SHARE obtains a shared lock which only
-prevents tuple removal and modifications of key fields. This last mode
-implements a mode just strong enough to implement RI checks, i.e. it ensures
-that tuples do not go away from under a check, without blocking when some
-other transaction that want to update the tuple without changing its key.
+prevents tuple removal and modifications of key fields. This lock level is
+just strong enough to implement RI checks, i.e. it ensures that tuples do not
+go away from under a check, without blocking transactions that want to update
+the tuple without changing its key.
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