diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
index d750f0800b7..1b05a31faf6 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
@@ -4089,8 +4089,8 @@ local0.*    /var/log/postgresql
          </informaltable>
 
          The <literal>%c</> escape prints a quasi-unique session identifier,
-         consisting of two 4-byte hexadecimal numbers (without leading zeros)
-         separated by a dot.  The numbers are the process start time and the
+         consisting of two hexadecimal numbers separated by a dot.  The numbers
+         are the process start time and the
          process ID, so <literal>%c</> can also be used as a space saving way
          of printing those items.  For example, to generate the session
          identifier from <literal>pg_stat_activity</>, use this query: