diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/maintenance.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/maintenance.sgml
index 75749ea145c..e351e5e9ca1 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/maintenance.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/maintenance.sgml
@@ -686,7 +686,7 @@ HINT:  To avoid transaction ID assignment failures, execute a database-wide VACU
     there are fewer than three million transactions left until wraparound:
 
 <programlisting>
-ERROR:  database is not accepting commands that assign new XIDs to avoid wraparound data loss in database "mydb"
+ERROR:  database is not accepting commands that assign new transaction IDs to avoid wraparound data loss in database "mydb"
 HINT:  Execute a database-wide VACUUM in that database.
 </programlisting>