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-rw-r--r--doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml5
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml
index a422edd2313..e0b8a4ecaf6 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml
@@ -329,7 +329,10 @@ CREATE [ [ GLOBAL | LOCAL ] { TEMPORARY | TEMP } | UNLOGGED ] TABLE [ IF NOT EXI
</para>
<para>
Default expressions for the copied column definitions will only be
- copied if <literal>INCLUDING DEFAULTS</literal> is specified. The
+ copied if <literal>INCLUDING DEFAULTS</literal> is specified.
+ Defaults that call database-modification functions, like
+ <function>nextval</>, create a linkage between the original and
+ new tables. The
default behavior is to exclude default expressions, resulting in the
copied columns in the new table having null defaults.
</para>