diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml
index c608830857a1a4cbfa87acdfd86a026fcaccc2f3..945f5754cef1e68ba93d6b9f98542da39df75c0c 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml
@@ -4751,7 +4751,7 @@
       <entry><structfield>ev_attr</structfield></entry>
       <entry><type>int2</type></entry>
       <entry></entry>
-      <entry>The column this rule is for (currently, always zero to
+      <entry>The column this rule is for (currently, always -1 to
       indicate the whole table)</entry>
      </row>