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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/maintenance.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/maintenance.sgml
index 5f3b6720e41..84fba9dcb10 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/maintenance.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/maintenance.sgml
@@ -611,6 +611,19 @@ SELECT datname, age(datfrozenxid) FROM pg_database;
cutoff XID to the current transaction's XID.
</para>
+ <tip>
+ <para>
+ When the <command>VACUUM</command> command's <literal>VERBOSE</literal>
+ parameter is specified, <command>VACUUM</command> prints various
+ statistics about the table. This includes information about how
+ <structfield>relfrozenxid</structfield> and
+ <structfield>relminmxid</structfield> advanced. The same details appear
+ in the server log when autovacuum logging (controlled by <xref
+ linkend="guc-log-autovacuum-min-duration"/>) reports on a
+ <command>VACUUM</command> operation executed by autovacuum.
+ </para>
+ </tip>
+
<para>
<command>VACUUM</command> normally only scans pages that have been modified
since the last vacuum, but <structfield>relfrozenxid</structfield> can only be