diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml
index 9b8cf9bc5e4..0c776611ea6 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <!--
  Documentation of the system catalogs, directed toward PostgreSQL developers
- $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml,v 2.10 2000/12/10 22:35:56 momjian Exp $
+ $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml,v 2.11 2000/12/10 22:37:27 momjian Exp $
  -->
 
 <chapter id="catalogs">
@@ -1311,7 +1311,7 @@
       <entry>pg_operator.oid</entry>
       <entry>
        If this operator supports merge joins, the operator that sorts
-       the type of the right-hand operand
+       the type of the left-hand operand
       </entry>
      </row>