diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/glossary.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/glossary.sgml
index 76525c6302..58e5071642 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/glossary.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/glossary.sgml
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@
   </glossentry>
 
   <glossentry id="glossary-autovacuum">
-   <glossterm>Autovacuum</glossterm>
+   <glossterm>Autovacuum (process)</glossterm>
    <glossdef>
     <para>
      A set of background processes that routinely perform
@@ -178,6 +178,19 @@
    </glossdef>
   </glossentry>
 
+  <glossentry id="glossary-basebackup">
+   <glossterm>Base Backup</glossterm>
+   <glossdef>
+    <para>
+     A binary copy of all
+     <glossterm linkend="glossary-db-cluster">database cluster</glossterm>
+     files. It is generated by the tool <xref linkend="app-pgbasebackup"/>.  
+     In combination with WAL files it can be used as the starting point
+     for recovery, log shipping, or streaming replication.
+    </para>
+   </glossdef>
+  </glossentry>
+
   <glossentry id="glossary-bloat">
    <glossterm>Bloat</glossterm>
    <glossdef>
@@ -855,8 +868,7 @@
    <glossterm>Logger (process)</glossterm>
    <glossdef>
     <para>
-     If activated, the
-     <glossterm linkend="glossary-logger">Logger</glossterm> process
+     If activated, the process
      writes information about database events into the current
      <glossterm linkend="glossary-log-file">log file</glossterm>.
      When reaching certain time- or
@@ -1486,7 +1498,7 @@
   </glossentry>
 
   <glossentry id="glossary-stats-collector">
-   <glossterm>Stats collector</glossterm>
+   <glossterm>Stats collector (process)</glossterm>
    <glossdef>
     <para>
      This process collects statistical information about the