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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_domain.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_domain.sgml
index ce555203486..c111285a69c 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_domain.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_domain.sgml
@@ -283,7 +283,8 @@ CREATE TABLE us_snail_addy (
<para>
The syntax <literal>NOT NULL</literal> in this command is a
<productname>PostgreSQL</productname> extension. (A standard-conforming
- way to write the same would be <literal>CHECK (VALUE IS NOT
+ way to write the same for non-composite data types would be
+ <literal>CHECK (VALUE IS NOT
NULL)</literal>. However, per <xref linkend="sql-createdomain-notes"/>,
such constraints are best avoided in practice anyway.) The
<literal>NULL</literal> <quote>constraint</quote> is a