diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml
index 2f4db2c0136..98324fd86c9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml
@@ -4158,7 +4158,7 @@
       <entry><structfield>ev_attr</structfield></entry>
       <entry><type>int2</type></entry>
       <entry></entry>
-      <entry>The column this rule is for (currently, always zero to
+      <entry>The column this rule is for (currently, always -1 to
       indicate the whole table)</entry>
      </row>