diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
index ab617c7b86..4ac617615c 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
@@ -1248,7 +1248,7 @@ include_dir 'conf.d'
       </term>
       <listitem>
        <para>
-        Specifies the name of the file containing the SSL server certificate
+        Specifies the name of the file containing the SSL client certificate
         revocation list (CRL).
         Relative paths are relative to the data directory.
         This parameter can only be set in the <filename>postgresql.conf</filename>
@@ -1267,7 +1267,7 @@ include_dir 'conf.d'
       </term>
       <listitem>
        <para>
-        Specifies the name of the directory containing the SSL server
+        Specifies the name of the directory containing the SSL client
         certificate revocation list (CRL).  Relative paths are relative to the
         data directory.  This parameter can only be set in
         the <filename>postgresql.conf</filename> file or on the server command
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml
index c17d33a54f..14f35d37f6 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml
@@ -1742,7 +1742,7 @@ postgresql://%2Fvar%2Flib%2Fpostgresql/dbname
       <term><literal>sslcrl</literal></term>
       <listitem>
        <para>
-        This parameter specifies the file name of the SSL certificate
+        This parameter specifies the file name of the SSL server certificate
         revocation list (CRL).  Certificates listed in this file, if it
         exists, will be rejected while attempting to authenticate the
         server's certificate.  If neither
@@ -1758,7 +1758,7 @@ postgresql://%2Fvar%2Flib%2Fpostgresql/dbname
       <term><literal>sslcrldir</literal></term>
       <listitem>
        <para>
-        This parameter specifies the directory name of the SSL certificate
+        This parameter specifies the directory name of the SSL server certificate
         revocation list (CRL).  Certificates listed in the files in this
         directory, if it exists, will be rejected while attempting to
         authenticate the server's certificate.
@@ -8374,6 +8374,8 @@ ldap://ldap.acme.com/cn=dbserver,cn=hosts?pgconnectinfo?base?(objectclass=*)
    setting
    the connection parameters <literal>sslrootcert</literal> and <literal>sslcrl</literal>
    or the environment variables <envar>PGSSLROOTCERT</envar> and <envar>PGSSLCRL</envar>.
+   <literal>sslcrldir</literal> or the environment variable <envar>PGSSLCRLDIR</envar>
+   can also be used to specify a directory containing CRL files.
   </para>
 
   <note>
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml
index 58150996b8..f77ed24204 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml
@@ -2337,7 +2337,8 @@ pg_dumpall -p 5432 | psql -d postgres -p 5433
    you wish to avoid storing them on clients (assuming the root and
    intermediate certificates were created with <literal>v3_ca</literal>
    extensions).  Certificate Revocation List (CRL) entries are also
-   checked if the parameter <xref linkend="guc-ssl-crl-file"/> is set.
+   checked if the parameter <xref linkend="guc-ssl-crl-file"/> or
+   <xref linkend="guc-ssl-crl-dir"/> is set.
   </para>
 
   <para>