diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml
index ae1bc14d2f26..0e0d53926af6 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml
@@ -1703,7 +1703,6 @@ CREATE DATABASE foo WITH TEMPLATE template0;
    When <option>--statistics</option> is specified,
    <command>pg_dump</command> will include most optimizer statistics in the
    resulting dump file.  This does not include all statistics, such as
-   those created explicitly with <xref linkend="sql-createstatistics"/>,
    custom statistics added by an extension, or statistics collected by the
    cumulative statistics system. Therefore, it may still be useful to
    run <command>ANALYZE</command> after restoring from a dump file to ensure
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dumpall.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dumpall.sgml
index 8834b7ec141e..238c87c13f5f 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dumpall.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dumpall.sgml
@@ -893,7 +893,6 @@ exclude database <replaceable class="parameter">PATTERN</replaceable>
    When <option>--statistics</option> is specified,
    <command>pg_dumpall</command> will include most optimizer statistics in the
    resulting dump file. This does not include all statistics, such as
-   those created explicitly with <xref linkend="sql-createstatistics"/>,
    custom statistics added by an extension, or statistics collected by the
    cumulative statistics system.  Therefore, it may still be useful to
    run <command>ANALYZE</command> on each database after restoring from a dump
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pgupgrade.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pgupgrade.sgml
index 38ca09b423c3..cc44983a9a8d 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pgupgrade.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pgupgrade.sgml
@@ -834,8 +834,7 @@ psql --username=postgres --file=script.sql postgres
      Unless the <option>--no-statistics</option> option is specified,
      <command>pg_upgrade</command> will transfer most optimizer statistics
      from the old cluster to the new cluster.  This does not transfer
-     all statistics, such as those created explicitly with
-     <xref linkend="sql-createstatistics"/>, custom statistics added by
+     all statistics, such as custom statistics added by
      an extension, or statistics collected by the cumulative statistics system.
     </para>