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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml index c5e53dace4a..5621606f59a 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml @@ -3080,9 +3080,13 @@ ninja install <term><option>-DPG_TEST_EXTRA=<replaceable>TEST_SUITES</replaceable></option></term> <listitem> <para> - Enable test suites which require special software to run. This option - accepts arguments via a whitespace-separated list. See <xref - linkend="regress-additional"/> for details. + Enable additional test suites, which are not run by default because + they are not secure to run on a multiuser system, require special + software to run, or are resource intensive. The argument is a + whitespace-separated list of tests to enable. See + <xref linkend="regress-additional"/> for details. If the + <envar>PG_TEST_EXTRA</envar> environment variable is set when the + tests are run, it overrides this setup-time option. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> |