diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml
index 05690934865..129e3c0f2bb 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml
@@ -1562,7 +1562,7 @@
        <structfield>rolpassword</structfield> <type>text</type>
       </para>
       <para>
-       Password (possibly encrypted); null if none. The format depends
+       Encrypted password; null if none. The format depends
        on the form of encryption used.
       </para></entry>
      </row>
@@ -1598,11 +1598,6 @@ SCRAM-SHA-256$<replaceable>&lt;iteration count&gt;</replaceable>:<replaceable>&l
    <replaceable>ServerKey</replaceable> are in Base64 encoded format. This format is
    the same as that specified by RFC 5803.
   </para>
-
-  <para>
-    A password that does not follow either of those formats is assumed to be
-    unencrypted.
-  </para>
  </sect1>
 
 
@@ -12242,7 +12237,7 @@ SELECT * FROM pg_locks pl LEFT JOIN pg_prepared_xacts ppx
        <structfield>passwd</structfield> <type>text</type>
       </para>
       <para>
-       Password (possibly encrypted); null if none.  See
+       Encrypted password; null if none.  See
        <link linkend="catalog-pg-authid"><structname>pg_authid</structname></link>
        for details of how encrypted passwords are stored.
       </para></entry>