diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_role.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_role.sgml
index 4a84461b28..d07153fd31 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_role.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_role.sgml
@@ -242,19 +242,10 @@ in sync when changing the above synopsis!
         option.  If no password is specified, the password will be set
         to null and password authentication will always fail for that
         user.  A null password can optionally be written explicitly as
-        <literal>PASSWORD NULL</literal>.
+        <literal>PASSWORD NULL</literal>. Specifying an empty string will
+        also set the password to null.
        </para>
-       <note>
-         <para>
-           Specifying an empty string will also set the password to null,
-           but that was not the case before <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>
-           version 10. In earlier versions, an empty string could be used,
-           or not, depending on the authentication method and the exact
-           version, and libpq would refuse to use it in any case.
-           To avoid the ambiguity, specifying an empty string should be
-           avoided.
-         </para>
-       </note>
+
        <para>
         The password is always stored encrypted in the system catalogs. The
         <literal>ENCRYPTED</literal> keyword has no effect, but is accepted for
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_basebackup.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_basebackup.sgml
index 79d3e657c3..257d22f92f 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_basebackup.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_basebackup.sgml
@@ -587,9 +587,8 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
         option <option>-C</option> is also used.
        </para>
        <para>
-        If this option is not specified and the server supports temporary
-        replication slots (version 10 and later), then a temporary replication
-        slot is automatically used for WAL streaming.
+        If this option is not specified, then a temporary replication slot is
+        automatically used for WAL streaming.
        </para>
       </listitem>
      </varlistentry>