diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml
index cd390d8aaa..0703df6434 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml
@@ -1646,7 +1646,7 @@
 
      <row>
       <entry><structfield>relpersistence</structfield></entry>
-      <entry><type>bool</type></entry>
+      <entry><type>char</type></entry>
       <entry></entry>
       <entry>
        <literal>p</> = permanent table, <literal>u</> = unlogged table,
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/security_label.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/security_label.sgml
index 74169d04e3..40ce3317b9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/security_label.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/security_label.sgml
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ SECURITY LABEL [ FOR <replaceable class="PARAMETER">provider</replaceable> ] ON
   </note>
 
   <para>
-   The label provider determines whether a given a label is valid and whether
+   The label provider determines whether a given label is valid and whether
    it is permissible to assign that label to a given object.  The meaning of a
    given label is likewise at the discretion of the label provider.
    <productname>PostgreSQL</> places no restrictions on whether or how a