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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml
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@@ -1651,15 +1651,15 @@ SCRAM-SHA-256$<replaceable>&lt;iteration count&gt;</replaceable>:<replaceable>&l
</indexterm>
<para>
- The catalog <structname>pg_class</structname> catalogs tables and most
- everything else that has columns or is otherwise similar to a
+ The catalog <structname>pg_class</structname> describes tables and
+ other objects that have columns or are otherwise similar to a
table. This includes indexes (but see also
<structname>pg_index</structname>), sequences (but see also
<structname>pg_sequence</structname>), views, materialized
views, composite types, and TOAST tables; see <structfield>relkind</structfield>.
- Below, when we mean all of these
- kinds of objects we speak of <quote>relations</quote>. Not all
- columns are meaningful for all relation types.
+ Below, when we mean all of these kinds of objects we speak of
+ <quote>relations</quote>. Not all of <structname>pg_class</structname>'s
+ columns are meaningful for all relation kinds.
</para>
<table>