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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/prepare_transaction.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/prepare_transaction.sgml
index 277b9c53f19..6230f043825 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/prepare_transaction.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/prepare_transaction.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
<!--
-$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/prepare_transaction.sgml,v 1.2 2005/08/01 19:38:03 momjian Exp $
+$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/prepare_transaction.sgml,v 1.3 2005/08/30 01:37:38 tgl Exp $
PostgreSQL documentation
-->
@@ -117,6 +117,16 @@ PREPARE TRANSACTION <replaceable class="PARAMETER">transaction_id</replaceable>
committed or rolled back as soon as an external transaction manager
has verified that other databases are also prepared to commit.
</para>
+
+ <para>
+ If you make any serious use of prepared transactions, you will probably
+ want to increase the value of <xref
+ linkend="guc-max-prepared-transactions">, as the default setting is
+ quite small (to avoid wasting resources for those who don't use it).
+ It is recommendable to make it at least equal to
+ <xref linkend="guc-max-connections">, so that every session can have
+ a prepared transaction pending.
+ </para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 id="sql-prepare-transaction-examples">