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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_cast.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_cast.sgml
index 3e1c9f22a9c..c6e944e26ae 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_cast.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_cast.sgml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_cast.sgml,v 1.24 2007/01/31 23:26:03 momjian Exp $ -->
+<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_cast.sgml,v 1.25 2007/02/01 00:28:18 momjian Exp $ -->
<refentry id="SQL-CREATECAST">
<refmeta>
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ CREATE CAST (<replaceable>sourcetype</replaceable> AS <replaceable>targettype</r
<para>
<command>CREATE CAST</command> defines a new cast. A cast
specifies how to perform a conversion between
- two data types. For example,
+ two data types. For example:
<programlisting>
SELECT CAST(42 AS text);
</programlisting>
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ SELECT CAST(42 AS text);
If the cast is marked <literal>AS ASSIGNMENT</> then it can be invoked
implicitly when assigning a value to a column of the target data type.
For example, supposing that <literal>foo.f1</literal> is a column of
- type <type>text</type>, then
+ type <type>text</type>, then:
<programlisting>
INSERT INTO foo (f1) VALUES (42);
</programlisting>
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ SELECT 'The time is ' || now();
</programlisting>
will be allowed only if the cast from type <type>timestamp</> to
<type>text</type> is marked <literal>AS IMPLICIT</>. Otherwise it
- will be necessary to write the cast explicitly, for example
+ will be necessary to write the cast explicitly, for example:
<programlisting>
SELECT 'The time is ' || CAST(now() AS text);
</programlisting>