diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pgbench.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pgbench.sgml
index b5e3a62a33..3a7fe25342 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pgbench.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pgbench.sgml
@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ pgbench <optional> <replaceable>options</replaceable> </optional> <replaceable>d
             <para><literal>extended</literal>: use extended query protocol.</para>
            </listitem>
            <listitem>
-            <para><literal>prepared</literal>: use extended query protocol with prepared statements.</para>
+            <para><literal>prepared</literal>: use extended query protocol with named prepared statements.</para>
            </listitem>
           </itemizedlist>
         The default is simple query protocol.  (See <xref linkend="protocol"/>
diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c
index 81bc6d8a6e..915f084e10 100644
--- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c
+++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c
@@ -458,7 +458,7 @@ typedef enum QueryMode
 {
 	QUERY_SIMPLE,				/* simple query */
 	QUERY_EXTENDED,				/* extended query */
-	QUERY_PREPARED,				/* extended query with prepared statements */
+	QUERY_PREPARED,				/* extended query with named prepared statements */
 	NUM_QUERYMODE
 } QueryMode;