diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
index e500b1fdecc..d43a7cbf63c 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
@@ -1143,7 +1143,7 @@ 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 fa7332a9039..1b76ef2db73 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml
@@ -1519,7 +1519,7 @@ 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