diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
index b2018d9763a..cbc2653b968 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
@@ -1189,7 +1189,7 @@ include_dir 'conf.d'
       </term>
       <listitem>
        <para>
-        Specifies the name of the file containing the SSL server certificate
+        Specifies the name of the file containing the SSL client certificate
         revocation list (CRL).
         Relative paths are relative to the data directory.
         This parameter can only be set in the <filename>postgresql.conf</filename>
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml
index 5abba1ca5f8..57d95d20203 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml
@@ -1729,7 +1729,7 @@ postgresql://%2Fvar%2Flib%2Fpostgresql/dbname
       <term><literal>sslcrl</literal></term>
       <listitem>
        <para>
-        This parameter specifies the file name of the SSL certificate
+        This parameter specifies the file name of the SSL server certificate
         revocation list (CRL).  Certificates listed in this file, if it
         exists, will be rejected while attempting to authenticate the
         server's certificate.  The default is