diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/select.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/select.sgml
index f890ab2c835..9f53f778045 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/select.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/select.sgml
@@ -1063,7 +1063,8 @@ SELECT name FROM distributors ORDER BY code;
LIMIT { count | ALL }
OFFSET start
-count specifies the
+
+ count specifies the
maximum number of rows to return, while start specifies the number of rows
to skip before starting to return rows. When both are specified,
@@ -1086,17 +1087,19 @@ OFFSET start
OFFSET start { ROW | ROWS }
FETCH { FIRST | NEXT } [ count ] { ROW | ROWS } ONLY
- According to the standard, the OFFSET clause must come
- before the FETCH clause if both are present; but
- PostgreSQL is laxer and allows either order.
+ In this syntax, to write anything except a simple integer constant for
+ start or count, you must write parentheses
+ around it.
+ If count is
+ omitted in a FETCH clause, it defaults to 1.
ROW
and ROWS as well as FIRST
and NEXT are noise words that don't influence
- the effects of these clauses. In this syntax, when using expressions
- other than simple constants for start
- or count, parentheses will be
- necessary in most cases. If count is
- omitted in FETCH, it defaults to 1.
+ the effects of these clauses.
+ According to the standard, the OFFSET clause must come
+ before the FETCH clause if both are present; but
+ PostgreSQL is laxer and allows either order.