diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
index fd015cf6baa..d886012fe52 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
@@ -1192,7 +1192,7 @@ include_dir 'conf.d'
       </term>
       <listitem>
        <para>
-        Specifies the name of the file containing the SSL server certificate
+        Specifies the name of the file containing the SSL client certificate
         revocation list (CRL).
         Relative paths are relative to the data directory.
         This parameter can only be set in the <filename>postgresql.conf</filename>
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml
index 0156bd0f0ce..67204d7c3c3 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml
@@ -1600,7 +1600,7 @@ postgresql://%2Fvar%2Flib%2Fpostgresql/dbname
       <term><literal>sslcrl</literal></term>
       <listitem>
        <para>
-        This parameter specifies the file name of the SSL certificate
+        This parameter specifies the file name of the SSL server certificate
         revocation list (CRL).  Certificates listed in this file, if it
         exists, will be rejected while attempting to authenticate the
         server's certificate.  The default is