diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_function.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_function.sgml
index 3050e272d39..6be24029b10 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_function.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_function.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
@@ -384,10 +384,7 @@ Point * complex_to_point (Complex *z)
PSM stands for Persistent Stored Modules. It is a procedural
- language and it was originally hoped that PSM would be ratified
- as an official standard by late 1996. As of mid-1998, this
- has not yet happened, but it is hoped that PSM will
- eventually become a standard.
+ language. SQL/PSM is a standard to enable function extensibility.
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_function.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_function.sgml
index 09038a1f630..ce7d5c63002 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_function.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_function.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ DROP FUNCTION sqrt(int4);
SQL/PSM
- SQL/PSM is a proposed standard to enable function extensibility.
+ SQL/PSM is a standard to enable function extensibility.
The SQL/PSM DROP FUNCTION statement has the following syntax: