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1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/copy.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/copy.sgml
index 18f0cc87b6d..24d87615e45 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/copy.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/copy.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
<!--
-$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/copy.sgml,v 1.70.2.1 2005/12/28 05:38:26 momjian Exp $
+$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/copy.sgml,v 1.70.2.2 2005/12/28 14:38:43 momjian Exp $
PostgreSQL documentation
-->
@@ -517,9 +517,10 @@ COPY <replaceable class="parameter">tablename</replaceable> [ ( <replaceable cla
as a data value. To avoid any misinterpretation, a <literal>\.</>
data value appearing as a lone entry on a line is automatically
quoted on output, and on input, if quoted, is not interpreted as the
- end-of-data marker. If you are loading a single-column table that
- might have a column value of <literal>\.</>, you might need to quote
- that value in the input file.
+ end-of-data marker. If you are loading a file created by another
+ application that has a single unquoted column and might have a
+ value of <literal>\.</>, you might need to quote that value in the
+ input file.
</para>
<note>