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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/perform.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/perform.sgml index b50357c3b4e..262f30fd4c7 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/perform.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/perform.sgml @@ -899,12 +899,12 @@ EXPLAIN ANALYZE SELECT * FROM tenk1 WHERE unique1 < 100 AND unique2 > 9000 Generally, the <command>EXPLAIN</command> output will display details for every plan node which was generated by the query planner. However, there are cases where the executor is able to determine that certain nodes are - not required; currently, the only node type to support this is the - <literal>Append</literal> node. This node type has the ability to discard - subnodes which it is able to determine won't contain any records required - by the query. It is possible to determine that nodes have been removed in - this way by the presence of a "Subplans Removed" property in the - <command>EXPLAIN</command> output. + not required; currently, the only node types to support this are the + <literal>Append</literal> and <literal>MergeAppend</literal> nodes. These + node types have the ability to discard subnodes which they are able to + determine won't contain any records required by the query. It is possible + to determine that nodes have been removed in this way by the presence of a + "Subplans Removed" property in the <command>EXPLAIN</command> output. </para> </sect2> |