diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/system-views.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/system-views.sgml
index 1951d1b5a21..947598e7e7e 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/system-views.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/system-views.sgml
@@ -1112,7 +1112,7 @@
    of the contents of the client user name mapping configuration file,
    <link linkend="auth-username-maps"><filename>pg_ident.conf</filename></link>.
    A row appears in this view for each non-empty, non-comment line in the file,
-   with annotations indicating whether the rule could be applied successfully.
+   with annotations indicating whether the map could be applied successfully.
   </para>
 
   <para>
@@ -1157,7 +1157,7 @@
        <structfield>line_number</structfield> <type>int4</type>
       </para>
       <para>
-       Line number of this rule in <filename>pg_ident.conf</filename>
+       Line number of this map in <filename>pg_ident.conf</filename>
       </para></entry>
      </row>