Grammatical corrections.

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml
index 7c3ba40363dfa2139cb566933c90fbb1f802375d..42f49d2ea71e0a043a99605f47da2b0f45461eb8 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
 
  
@@ -623,6 +623,10 @@ NUMERIC
      serial
     
 
+    
+     bigserial
+    
+
     
      serial4
     
@@ -679,14 +683,14 @@ CREATE TABLE tablename (
     
      The type names serial and serial4 are
      equivalent: both create integer columns.  The type
-     names bigserial and serial8 works just
-     the same way, except that it creates a bigint
-     column.  serial8 should be used if you anticipate
+     names bigserial and serial8 work just
+     the same way, except that they create a bigint
+     column.  bigserial should be used if you anticipate
      use of more than 2^31 identifiers over the lifetime of the table.
     
 
     
-     Implicit sequences supporting the serial are
+     Implicit sequences supporting the serial types are
      not automatically dropped when a table containing a serial type
      is dropped. So, the following commands executed in order will likely fail:
 
@@ -697,7 +701,8 @@ CREATE TABLE tablename (
 
 
      The sequence will remain in the database until explicitly dropped using
-     DROP SEQUENCE.
+     DROP SEQUENCE.  (This annoyance will probably be
+     changed in some future release.)