diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
index 11dee23c732..6c00ec894d0 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
@@ -6549,9 +6549,7 @@ COPY postgres_log FROM '/full/path/to/logfile.csv' WITH csv;
         each lock acquisition attempt.  The limit applies both to explicit
         locking requests (such as <command>LOCK TABLE</>, or <command>SELECT
         FOR UPDATE</> without <literal>NOWAIT</>) and to implicitly-acquired
-        locks.  If <varname>log_min_error_statement</> is set to
-        <literal>ERROR</> or lower, the statement that timed out will be
-        logged.  A value of zero (the default) turns this off.
+        locks.  A value of zero (the default) turns this off.
        </para>
 
        <para>
@@ -6559,7 +6557,9 @@ COPY postgres_log FROM '/full/path/to/logfile.csv' WITH csv;
         while waiting for locks.  Note that if <varname>statement_timeout</>
         is nonzero, it is rather pointless to set <varname>lock_timeout</> to
         the same or larger value, since the statement timeout would always
-        trigger first.
+        trigger first.  If <varname>log_min_error_statement</> is set to
+        <literal>ERROR</> or lower, the statement that timed out will be
+        logged.
        </para>
 
        <para>