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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml
index 0403a609884..7a7923a908e 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
<!--
-$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml,v 1.234.4.4 2005/03/25 16:08:49 tgl Exp $
+$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml,v 1.234.4.5 2005/04/01 14:25:39 momjian Exp $
PostgreSQL documentation
-->
@@ -5460,6 +5460,12 @@ SELECT EXTRACT(SECOND FROM TIME '17:12:28.5');
week starts on Monday.) In other words, the first Thursday of
a year is in week 1 of that year. (for <type>timestamp</type> values only)
</para>
+ <para>
+ Because of this, it is possible for early January dates to be part of the
+ 52nd or 53rd week of the previous year. For example, <literal>2005-01-01</>
+ is part of the 53rd week of year 2004, and <literal>2006-01-01</> is part of
+ the 52nd week of year 2005.
+ </para>
<screen>
SELECT EXTRACT(WEEK FROM TIMESTAMP '2001-02-16 20:38:40');