diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/release-16.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/release-16.sgml
index d8e13698446..c84c0f0eda4 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/release-16.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/release-16.sgml
@@ -1370,7 +1370,7 @@ Allow custom ICU collation rules to be created (Peter Eisentraut)
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-This is done using CREATE COLLATION's new new RULES clause, as well as new options for CREATE DATABASE, createdb, and initdb.
+This is done using CREATE COLLATION's new RULES clause, as well as new options for CREATE DATABASE, createdb, and initdb.
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@@ -1471,7 +1471,7 @@ Allow parallel application of logical replication (Hou Zhijie, Wang Wei, Amit Ka
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-The CREATE SUBSCRIPTION "streaming" option now supports "parallel" to enable parallel application. Perform apply of large transactions by parallel workers.  The number of parallel workers is controlled by
+The CREATE SUBSCRIPTION "streaming" option now supports "parallel" to enable application of large transactions by parallel workers.  The number of parallel workers is controlled by
 the new server variable max_parallel_apply_workers_per_subscription. Wait events LogicalParallelApplyMain, LogicalParallelApplyStateChange, and LogicalApplySendData were also added.  Column leader_pid was
 added to system view pg_stat_subscription to track parallel activity.
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@@ -1803,7 +1803,7 @@ Author: Peter Eisentraut <peter@eisentraut.org>
 
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-Add support for enhanced numeric literals in SQL JSON paths (Peter Eisentraut)
+Add support for enhanced numeric literals in SQL/JSON paths (Peter Eisentraut)
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