diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml
index 22615a08686fad6e2882f4a495bc2b1ef4a9ea75..e4e38f6b44e802a5dac23725e86743378d5670ed 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
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-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml,v 1.50 2001/02/14 19:37:26 petere Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml,v 1.51 2001/03/10 21:16:32 tgl Exp $
 -->
 
  <chapter id="datatype">
@@ -1639,7 +1639,7 @@ SELECT * FROM test1 WHERE a;
     <para>
      Boxes are output using the first syntax.
      The corners are reordered on input to store
-     the lower left corner first and the upper right corner last.
+     the upper right corner, then the lower left corner.
      Other corners of the box can be entered, but the lower
      left and upper right corners are determined from the input and stored.
     </para>