diff --git a/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-misc.c b/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-misc.c
index 660cdec93c..634708d716 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-misc.c
+++ b/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-misc.c
@@ -749,7 +749,7 @@ retry4:
 	 */
 definitelyEOF:
 	libpq_append_conn_error(conn, "server closed the connection unexpectedly\n"
-							"\tThis probably means the server terminated abnormally\n"
+							"\tThis probably means the server terminated\n"
 							"\tbefore or while processing the request.");
 
 	/* Come here if lower-level code already set a suitable errorMessage */
diff --git a/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-secure-openssl.c b/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-secure-openssl.c
index f1192d28f2..115776ce6c 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-secure-openssl.c
+++ b/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-secure-openssl.c
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ rloop:
 				if (result_errno == EPIPE ||
 					result_errno == ECONNRESET)
 					libpq_append_conn_error(conn, "server closed the connection unexpectedly\n"
-											"\tThis probably means the server terminated abnormally\n"
+											"\tThis probably means the server terminated\n"
 											"\tbefore or while processing the request.");
 				else
 					libpq_append_conn_error(conn, "SSL SYSCALL error: %s",
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ pgtls_write(PGconn *conn, const void *ptr, size_t len)
 				result_errno = SOCK_ERRNO;
 				if (result_errno == EPIPE || result_errno == ECONNRESET)
 					libpq_append_conn_error(conn, "server closed the connection unexpectedly\n"
-											"\tThis probably means the server terminated abnormally\n"
+											"\tThis probably means the server terminated\n"
 											"\tbefore or while processing the request.");
 				else
 					libpq_append_conn_error(conn, "SSL SYSCALL error: %s",
diff --git a/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-secure.c b/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-secure.c
index bd72a87bbb..b972bd3ced 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-secure.c
+++ b/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-secure.c
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ pqsecure_raw_read(PGconn *conn, void *ptr, size_t len)
 			case EPIPE:
 			case ECONNRESET:
 				libpq_append_conn_error(conn, "server closed the connection unexpectedly\n"
-										"\tThis probably means the server terminated abnormally\n"
+										"\tThis probably means the server terminated\n"
 										"\tbefore or while processing the request.");
 				break;
 
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ retry_masked:
 				/* (strdup failure is OK, we'll cope later) */
 				snprintf(msgbuf, sizeof(msgbuf),
 						 libpq_gettext("server closed the connection unexpectedly\n"
-									   "\tThis probably means the server terminated abnormally\n"
+									   "\tThis probably means the server terminated\n"
 									   "\tbefore or while processing the request."));
 				/* keep newline out of translated string */
 				strlcat(msgbuf, "\n", sizeof(msgbuf));