diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
index 361ad7b99a52bbbcec570b639800c175d3c19ab7..cffca4e46c9f38e03ad74b81160d9cb5f4f7d5da 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
@@ -1626,7 +1626,7 @@ SET ENABLE_SEQSCAN TO OFF;
        <para>
         Specifies whether transaction commit will wait for WAL records
         to be written to disk before the command returns a <quote>success</>
-        indication to the client.  Valid values are <literal>on</>, <literal>write</>,
+        indication to the client.  Valid values are <literal>on</>, <literal>remote_write</>,
         <literal>local</>, and <literal>off</>.  The default, and safe, value
         is <literal>on</>.  When <literal>off</>, there can be a delay between
         when success is reported to the client and when the transaction is
@@ -1646,7 +1646,7 @@ SET ENABLE_SEQSCAN TO OFF;
         If <xref linkend="guc-synchronous-standby-names"> is set, this
         parameter also controls whether or not transaction commit will wait
         for the transaction's WAL records to be flushed to disk and replicated
-        to the standby server.  When <literal>write</>, the commit wait will
+        to the standby server.  When <literal>remote_write</>, the commit wait will
         last until a reply from the current synchronous standby indicates
         it has received the commit record of the transaction to memory.
         Normally this causes no data loss at the time of failover. However,
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/high-availability.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/high-availability.sgml
index 64e4319bf6d18e841c5dfcf49cc31dce134c84ef..c268bfb8d3f424a96b68c1e8d5646e7d46728413 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/high-availability.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/high-availability.sgml
@@ -1011,7 +1011,7 @@ primary_conninfo = 'host=192.168.1.50 port=5432 user=foo password=foopass'
    </para>
 
    <para>
-    Setting <varname>synchronous_commit</> to <literal>write</> will
+    Setting <varname>synchronous_commit</> to <literal>remote_write</> will
     cause each commit to wait for confirmation that the standby has received
     the commit record to memory. This provides a lower level of durability
     than <literal>on</> does. However, it's a practically useful setting
@@ -1075,7 +1075,7 @@ primary_conninfo = 'host=192.168.1.50 port=5432 user=foo password=foopass'
 
    <para>
     Commits made when <varname>synchronous_commit</> is set to <literal>on</>
-    or <literal>write</> will wait until the synchronous standby responds. The response
+    or <literal>remote_write</> will wait until the synchronous standby responds. The response
     may never occur if the last, or only, standby should crash.
    </para>
 
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c
index 8ea391a8e6cc1154751d46eda18231ab4230370f..47a18110c1d4a9eac69fd50707b8c736f1c4d515 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c
@@ -370,12 +370,12 @@ static const struct config_enum_entry constraint_exclusion_options[] = {
 };
 
 /*
- * Although only "on", "off", "write", and "local" are documented, we
+ * Although only "on", "off", "remote_write", and "local" are documented, we
  * accept all the likely variants of "on" and "off".
  */
 static const struct config_enum_entry synchronous_commit_options[] = {
 	{"local", SYNCHRONOUS_COMMIT_LOCAL_FLUSH, false},
-	{"write", SYNCHRONOUS_COMMIT_REMOTE_WRITE, false},
+	{"remote_write", SYNCHRONOUS_COMMIT_REMOTE_WRITE, false},
 	{"on", SYNCHRONOUS_COMMIT_ON, false},
 	{"off", SYNCHRONOUS_COMMIT_OFF, false},
 	{"true", SYNCHRONOUS_COMMIT_ON, true},
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample b/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
index cbae3bfb2286fe8feff8a658273857e0f82c01a8..0ac7533bebd591ebe90d9bef17ec2c68c3e77340 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
@@ -162,7 +162,8 @@
 #wal_level = minimal			# minimal, archive, or hot_standby
 					# (change requires restart)
 #fsync = on				# turns forced synchronization on or off
-#synchronous_commit = on		# synchronization level; on, off, or local
+#synchronous_commit = on		# synchronization level;
+					# off, local, remote_write, or on
 #wal_sync_method = fsync		# the default is the first option
 					# supported by the operating system:
 					#   open_datasync