3 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 31d375d19b..2441b6a35c 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ By default Synapse uses SQLite in and doing so trades performance for convenienc
 SQLite is only recommended in Synapse for testing purposes or for servers with
 light workloads.
 
-Almost all installations should opt to use PostreSQL. Advantages include:
+Almost all installations should opt to use PostgreSQL. Advantages include:
 
 * significant performance improvements due to the superior threading and
   caching model, smarter query optimiser
diff --git a/changelog.d/7724.doc b/changelog.d/7724.doc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..909e0345c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/7724.doc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Corrected misspelling of PostgreSQL.
diff --git a/synapse/push/httppusher.py b/synapse/push/httppusher.py
index eaaa7afc91..ed60dbc1bf 100644
--- a/synapse/push/httppusher.py
+++ b/synapse/push/httppusher.py
@@ -129,6 +129,8 @@ class HttpPusher(object):
 
     @defer.inlineCallbacks
     def _update_badge(self):
+        # XXX as per https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/issues/2627, this seems
+        # to be largely redundant. perhaps we can remove it.
         badge = yield push_tools.get_badge_count(self.hs.get_datastore(), self.user_id)
         yield self._send_badge(badge)