diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/glossary.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/glossary.sgml
index f7f69afc922..b86de809a89 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/glossary.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/glossary.sgml
@@ -199,8 +199,6 @@
      (but not the autovacuum workers),
      the <glossterm linkend="glossary-background-writer">background writer</glossterm>,
      the <glossterm linkend="glossary-checkpointer">checkpointer</glossterm>,
-     the <glossterm linkend="glossary-data-checksums-worker">data checksums worker</glossterm>,
-     the <glossterm linkend="glossary-data-checksums-worker-launcher">data checksums worker launcher</glossterm>,
      the <glossterm linkend="glossary-logger">logger</glossterm>,
      the <glossterm linkend="glossary-startup-process">startup process</glossterm>,
      the <glossterm linkend="glossary-wal-archiver">WAL archiver</glossterm>,
@@ -236,8 +234,9 @@
      which runs system- or user-supplied code.
      Serves as infrastructure for several features in
      <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>, such as
-     <glossterm linkend="glossary-replication">logical replication</glossterm>
-     and <glossterm linkend="glossary-parallel-query">parallel queries</glossterm>.
+     <glossterm linkend="glossary-replication">logical replication</glossterm>,
+     <glossterm linkend="glossary-parallel-query">parallel queries</glossterm> and
+     <glossterm linkend="glossary-data-checksums-process">data checksums processing</glossterm>.
      In addition, <glossterm linkend="glossary-extension">Extensions</glossterm> can add
      custom background worker processes.
    </para>
@@ -588,24 +587,17 @@
    <glosssee otherterm="glossary-data-directory" />
   </glossentry>
 
-  <glossentry id="glossary-data-checksums-worker">
-   <glossterm>Data Checksums Worker</glossterm>
+  <glossentry id="glossary-data-checksums-process">
+   <glossterm>Data Checksums (process)</glossterm>
    <glossdef>
     <para>
-     A <glossterm linkend="glossary-background-worker">background worker</glossterm>
-     which enables data checksums in a specific database.
-    </para>
-   </glossdef>
-  </glossentry>
-
-  <glossentry id="glossary-data-checksums-worker-launcher">
-   <glossterm>Data Checksums Worker Launcher</glossterm>
-   <glossdef>
-    <para>
-     A <glossterm linkend="glossary-background-worker">background worker</glossterm>
-     which starts <glossterm linkend="glossary-data-checksums-worker"> data
-     checksum worker</glossterm> processes for enabling data checksums in each
-     database, or disables data checksums cluster-wide.
+     A set of
+     <glossterm linkend="glossary-background-worker">background worker</glossterm>
+     processes which can enable or disable data checksums in a running cluster.
+     The process which coordinates the work is known as the
+     <firstterm>data checksums launcher</firstterm> and the process which
+     operates on the individual databases is known as the
+     <firstterm>data checksums worker</firstterm>.
     </para>
    </glossdef>
   </glossentry>