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commit    e35bb9f1582d3c2885de65a60d6b296877c7ed0e
Author:   Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Date:     Thu Jan 26 16:34:17 2023 +0000
First released in: 16.0

    Doc: use less-awkward phrasing.
    
    Improve wording in note about tools required to build
    from the source repository.
    
    Laurenz Albe, per gripe from Riivo Kolka
    
    Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/167463493588.2667301.13267758265445155872@wrigleys.postgresql.org


 doc/src/sgml/sourcerepo.sgml | 7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/sourcerepo.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/sourcerepo.sgml
index 0ed7f8a3fea..07b003a7941 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/sourcerepo.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/sourcerepo.sgml
@@ -19,9 +19,10 @@
   <para>
    Note that building <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> from the source
    repository requires reasonably up-to-date versions of <application>bison</application>,
-   <application>flex</application>, and <application>Perl</application>. These tools are not needed
-   to build from a distribution tarball, because the files that these tools
-   are used to build are included in the tarball.  Other tool requirements
+   <application>flex</application>, and <application>Perl</application>.
+   These tools are not needed to build from a distribution tarball, because
+   the files generated with these tools are included in the tarball.
+   Other tool requirements
    are the same as shown in <xref linkend="install-requirements"/>.
   </para>
 


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