diff --git a/src/bin/psql/help.c b/src/bin/psql/help.c
index 861060038c8..7948b9e837a 100644
--- a/src/bin/psql/help.c
+++ b/src/bin/psql/help.c
@@ -687,7 +687,7 @@ void
 print_copyright(void)
 {
 	puts("PostgreSQL Database Management System\n"
-		 "(formerly known as Postgres, then as Postgres95)\n\n"
+		 "(also known as Postgres, formerly known as Postgres95)\n\n"
 		 "Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2021, PostgreSQL Global Development Group\n\n"
 		 "Portions Copyright (c) 1994, The Regents of the University of California\n\n"
 		 "Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its\n"