aboutsummaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
-rw-r--r--doc/src/sgml/ref/copy.sgml7
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/copy.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/copy.sgml
index e5f45f4a8af..b2a6dd797ce 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/copy.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/copy.sgml
@@ -116,9 +116,10 @@ COPY { <replaceable class="parameter">table_name</replaceable> [ ( <replaceable
<term><replaceable class="parameter">filename</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
<para>
- The absolute path name of the input or output file. Windows users
- might need to use an <literal>E''</> string and double any backslashes
- used in the path name.
+ The path name of the input or output file. An input filename can be
+ an absolute or relative path, but an output filename must be an absolute
+ path. Windows users might need to use an <literal>E''</> string and
+ double any backslashes used in the path name.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>