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@@ -143,7 +143,8 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
<para>
Output commands to clean (drop)
database objects prior to outputting the commands for creating them.
- (Restore might generate some harmless errors.)
+ (Restore might generate some harmless error messages, if any objects
+ were not present in the destination database.)
</para>
<para>
@@ -161,8 +162,10 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
<para>
Begin the output with a command to create the
database itself and reconnect to the created database. (With a
- script of this form, it doesn't matter which database you connect
- to before running the script.)
+ script of this form, it doesn't matter which database in the
+ destination installation you connect to before running the script.)
+ If <option>--clean</option> is also specified, the script drops and
+ recreates the target database before reconnecting to it.
</para>
<para>