diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/release-17.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/release-17.sgml
index dfbf8a74cd4..8a1e51f10d6 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/release-17.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/release-17.sgml
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ Author: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
      and <function>pg_walfile_name_offset()</function> used to report
      the previous <acronym>LSN</acronym> segment number when the
      <acronym>LSN</acronym> was on a file segment boundary;  it now
-     returns the <acronym>LSN</acronym> segment.
+     returns the current <acronym>LSN</acronym> segment.
      </para>
     </listitem>