diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index f637fe0415..8287587f61 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -5890,7 +5890,7 @@ SELECT pg_stat_get_backend_pid(s.backendid) AS pid,
       </para>
       <para>
        When creating an index on a partitioned table, this column is set to
-       the number of partitions on which the index has been completed.
+       the number of partitions on which the index has been created.
        This field is <literal>0</literal> during a <literal>REINDEX</literal>.
       </para></entry>
      </row>