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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_index.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_index.sgml
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--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_index.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_index.sgml
@@ -568,16 +568,7 @@ Indexes:
dependent on the setting of <xref linkend="guc-maintenance-work-mem">.
Larger values will reduce the time needed for index creation, so long
as you don't make it larger than the amount of memory really available,
- which would drive the machine into swapping. For hash indexes, the
- value of <xref linkend="guc-effective-cache-size"> is also relevant to
- index creation time: <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> will use one
- of two different hash index creation methods depending on whether the
- estimated index size is more or less than <varname>effective_cache_size</>.
- For best results, make sure that this parameter is also set to something
- reflective of available memory, and be careful that the sum of
- <varname>maintenance_work_mem</> and <varname>effective_cache_size</> is
- less than the machine's RAM less whatever space is needed by other
- programs.
+ which would drive the machine into swapping.
</para>
<para>