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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_function.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_function.sgml
index 1871203e14d..4a3bde5a49b 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_function.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_function.sgml
@@ -557,12 +557,13 @@ CREATE FUNCTION foo(int, int default 42) ...
<para>
The full <acronym>SQL</acronym> type syntax is allowed for
- input arguments and return value. However, some details of the
- type specification (e.g., the precision field for
- type <type>numeric</type>) are the responsibility of the
- underlying function implementation and are silently swallowed
- (i.e., not recognized or
- enforced) by the <command>CREATE FUNCTION</command> command.
+ declaring a function's arguments and return value. However,
+ parenthesized type modifiers (e.g., the precision field for
+ type <type>numeric</type>) are discarded by <command>CREATE FUNCTION</>.
+ Thus for example
+ <literal>CREATE FUNCTION foo (varchar(10)) ...</>
+ is exactly the same as
+ <literal>CREATE FUNCTION foo (varchar) ...</>.
</para>
<para>