diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_receivexlog.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_receivexlog.sgml
index 09ac964bf84130f579378412fb5e17ba3b8806c5..07f64181c1f2358b80655a98aa50f427553fee5c 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_receivexlog.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_receivexlog.sgml
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
    <literal>mydbserver</literal> and store it in the local directory
    <filename>/usr/local/pgsql/archive</filename>:
 <screen>
-<prompt>$</prompt> <userinput>pg_receivexlog -h mydbserver -D /home/pgbackup/archive</userinput>
+<prompt>$</prompt> <userinput>pg_receivexlog -h mydbserver -D /usr/local/pgsql/archive</userinput>
 </screen></para>
  </refsect1>
 
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/reference.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/reference.sgml
index 7326519708eb41494751de8fd33a24207ff0f827..f856819ba5a0b93c279e186e55c678724796b773 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/reference.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/reference.sgml
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@
    </para>
 
    <para>
-    When specified on the command line, user and databases names have
+    When specified on the command line, user and database names have
     their case preserved &mdash; the presence of spaces or special
     characters might require quoting.  Table names and other identifiers
     do not have their case preserved, except where documented, and