diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml
index 68d19606985..bae4d8cdd36 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml
@@ -7370,7 +7370,7 @@ SCRAM-SHA-256$<replaceable>&lt;iteration count&gt;</replaceable>:<replaceable>&l
        <structfield>stxkind</structfield> <type>char[]</type>
       </para>
       <para>
-       An array containing codes for the enabled statistic kinds;
+       An array containing codes for the enabled statistics kinds;
        valid values are:
        <literal>d</literal> for n-distinct statistics,
        <literal>f</literal> for functional dependency statistics, and
diff --git a/src/backend/statistics/dependencies.c b/src/backend/statistics/dependencies.c
index f6e399b192f..eac92851651 100644
--- a/src/backend/statistics/dependencies.c
+++ b/src/backend/statistics/dependencies.c
@@ -639,7 +639,7 @@ statext_dependencies_load(Oid mvoid)
 						   Anum_pg_statistic_ext_data_stxddependencies, &isnull);
 	if (isnull)
 		elog(ERROR,
-			 "requested statistic kind \"%c\" is not yet built for statistics object %u",
+			 "requested statistics kind \"%c\" is not yet built for statistics object %u",
 			 STATS_EXT_DEPENDENCIES, mvoid);
 
 	result = statext_dependencies_deserialize(DatumGetByteaPP(deps));
diff --git a/src/backend/statistics/extended_stats.c b/src/backend/statistics/extended_stats.c
index fa42851fd51..7808c6a09ca 100644
--- a/src/backend/statistics/extended_stats.c
+++ b/src/backend/statistics/extended_stats.c
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ typedef struct StatExtEntry
 	char	   *schema;			/* statistics object's schema */
 	char	   *name;			/* statistics object's name */
 	Bitmapset  *columns;		/* attribute numbers covered by the object */
-	List	   *types;			/* 'char' list of enabled statistic kinds */
+	List	   *types;			/* 'char' list of enabled statistics kinds */
 	int			stattarget;		/* statistics target (-1 for default) */
 } StatExtEntry;
 
diff --git a/src/backend/statistics/mcv.c b/src/backend/statistics/mcv.c
index abbc1f1ba8b..8335dff2418 100644
--- a/src/backend/statistics/mcv.c
+++ b/src/backend/statistics/mcv.c
@@ -570,7 +570,7 @@ statext_mcv_load(Oid mvoid)
 
 	if (isnull)
 		elog(ERROR,
-			 "requested statistic kind \"%c\" is not yet built for statistics object %u",
+			 "requested statistics kind \"%c\" is not yet built for statistics object %u",
 			 STATS_EXT_DEPENDENCIES, mvoid);
 
 	result = statext_mcv_deserialize(DatumGetByteaP(mcvlist));
diff --git a/src/backend/statistics/mvdistinct.c b/src/backend/statistics/mvdistinct.c
index 9ef21debb63..e08c001e3f4 100644
--- a/src/backend/statistics/mvdistinct.c
+++ b/src/backend/statistics/mvdistinct.c
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ statext_ndistinct_load(Oid mvoid)
 							Anum_pg_statistic_ext_data_stxdndistinct, &isnull);
 	if (isnull)
 		elog(ERROR,
-			 "requested statistic kind \"%c\" is not yet built for statistics object %u",
+			 "requested statistics kind \"%c\" is not yet built for statistics object %u",
 			 STATS_EXT_NDISTINCT, mvoid);
 
 	result = statext_ndistinct_deserialize(DatumGetByteaPP(ndist));
diff --git a/src/include/nodes/pathnodes.h b/src/include/nodes/pathnodes.h
index 86405a274ed..e4aed435385 100644
--- a/src/include/nodes/pathnodes.h
+++ b/src/include/nodes/pathnodes.h
@@ -923,7 +923,7 @@ typedef struct StatisticExtInfo
 
 	Oid			statOid;		/* OID of the statistics row */
 	RelOptInfo *rel;			/* back-link to statistic's table */
-	char		kind;			/* statistic kind of this entry */
+	char		kind;			/* statistics kind of this entry */
 	Bitmapset  *keys;			/* attnums of the columns covered */
 } StatisticExtInfo;