diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml
index b194ec2df7..48c2a49070 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml
@@ -692,7 +692,7 @@ SET DateStyle SQL command.
For Postgres v6.3 (and earlier) the default date/time style is
-"traditional Postgres". In future releases, the default may become ISO-8601, which alleviates
+"non-European traditional Postgres". In future releases, the default may become ISO-8601, which alleviates
date specification ambiguities and Y2K collation problems.
@@ -1880,13 +1880,13 @@ At the moment, some functions are available only for the text type.
datetime(date,time)
datetime
convert to datetime
- datetime('1998-02-24':datetime, '23:07'::time);
+ datetime('1998-02-24'::datetime, '23:07'::time);
age(datetime,datetime)
timespan
span preserving months and years
- age('now','1957-06-13':datetime)
+ age('now','1957-06-13'::datetime)
date_part(text,datetime)