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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_statistics.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_statistics.sgml
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+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_statistics.sgml
@@ -152,14 +152,14 @@ CREATE STATISTICS s1 (dependencies) ON a, b FROM t1;
ANALYZE t1;
--- now the rowcount estimate is more accurate:
+-- now the row count estimate is more accurate:
EXPLAIN ANALYZE SELECT * FROM t1 WHERE (a = 1) AND (b = 0);
</programlisting>
Without functional-dependency statistics, the planner would assume
that the two <literal>WHERE</> conditions are independent, and would
multiply their selectivities together to arrive at a much-too-small
- rowcount estimate.
+ row count estimate.
With such statistics, the planner recognizes that the <literal>WHERE</>
conditions are redundant and does not underestimate the rowcount.
</para>