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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/postgres-fdw.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/postgres-fdw.sgml
index 41c952fbe32..0c55e0f0fd5 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/postgres-fdw.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/postgres-fdw.sgml
@@ -936,6 +936,16 @@ postgres=# SELECT postgres_fdw_disconnect_all();
Note that change of this parameter doesn't affect any existing
connections until they are re-established.
</para>
+ <para>
+ <varname>postgres_fdw.application_name</varname> can be any string
+ of any length and contain even non-ASCII characters. However when
+ it's passed to and used as <varname>application_name</varname>
+ in a foreign server, note that it will be truncated to less than
+ <symbol>NAMEDATALEN</symbol> characters and any characters other
+ than printable ASCII ones in it will be replaced with question
+ marks (<literal>?</literal>).
+ See <xref linkend="guc-application-name"/> for details.
+ </para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>