diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/plpgsql.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/plpgsql.sgml
index 0a9d71ef41a..d82a003fe94 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/plpgsql.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/plpgsql.sgml
@@ -3282,8 +3282,8 @@ RAISE unique_violation USING MESSAGE = 'Duplicate user ID: ' || user_id;
Data type RECORD; variable holding the new
database row for INSERT>/UPDATE> operations in row-level
- triggers. This variable is NULL in statement-level triggers
- and for DELETE operations.
+ triggers. This variable is not defined in statement-level triggers
+ or DELETE operations.
@@ -3294,8 +3294,8 @@ RAISE unique_violation USING MESSAGE = 'Duplicate user ID: ' || user_id;
Data type RECORD; variable holding the old
database row for UPDATE>/DELETE> operations in row-level
- triggers. This variable is NULL in statement-level triggers
- and for INSERT operations.
+ triggers. This variable is not defined in statement-level triggers
+ or INSERT operations.