diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
index 89d53f2a645..e019a1aac99 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
@@ -725,8 +725,7 @@ include_dir 'conf.d'
         number of active concurrent connections is at least
         <varname>max_connections</varname> minus
         <varname>superuser_reserved_connections</varname>, new
-        connections will be accepted only for superusers, and no
-        new replication connections will be accepted.
+        connections will be accepted only for superusers.
        </para>
 
        <para>
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c
index ae5a85ed65b..9145d96b385 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c
@@ -931,7 +931,7 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid,
 		!HaveNFreeProcs(ReservedBackends))
 		ereport(FATAL,
 				(errcode(ERRCODE_TOO_MANY_CONNECTIONS),
-				 errmsg("remaining connection slots are reserved for non-replication superuser connections")));
+				 errmsg("remaining connection slots are reserved for superusers")));
 
 	/* Check replication permissions needed for walsender processes. */
 	if (am_walsender)