diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_table.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_table.sgml
index 85705e9d34..43154da06c 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_table.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_table.sgml
@@ -720,7 +720,7 @@ ALTER TABLE [ IF EXISTS ] name
- type
+ data_type
Data type of the new column, or new data type for an existing
@@ -805,7 +805,7 @@ ALTER TABLE [ IF EXISTS ] name
index_name
- The index name on which the table should be marked for clustering.
+ The name of an existing index.