diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/initdb.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/initdb.sgml
index 1635fcb1fd2..b6a55ce105f 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/initdb.sgml
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@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_basebackup.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_basebackup.sgml
index e2a01be895d..aa41fb444fa 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_basebackup.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_basebackup.sgml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
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index 6c797746ccd..e177769188b 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_config-ref.sgml
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@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
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index d5fb5430dc8..456e0ae0bd4 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml
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@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
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index cad4689ae60..865ec842621 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_receivewal.sgml
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@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
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index c85d9136ccf..c160992e6d7 100644
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