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1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/lock.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/lock.sgml
index 7f40177129c..9b33ddc637c 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/lock.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/lock.sgml
@@ -117,8 +117,13 @@ LOCK [ TABLE ] [ ONLY ] <replaceable class="PARAMETER">name</replaceable> [ * ]
table is locked. If <literal>ONLY</literal> is not specified, the table and all
its descendant tables (if any) are locked. Optionally, <literal>*</literal>
can be specified after the table name to explicitly indicate that
- descendant tables are included. When locking a view, all relations appearing
- in the view definition are locked, regardless of <literal>ONLY</literal>.
+ descendant tables are included.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ Locking a view locks only the view object itself, not any referenced
+ relations. (Note that this behavior is different
+ in <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> v11 and later.)
</para>
<para>