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-rw-r--r--src/backend/utils/adt/varlena.c5
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/varlena.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/varlena.c
index 8d28dd42ce1..d1b09dedfd4 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/varlena.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/varlena.c
@@ -891,8 +891,9 @@ text_substring(Datum str, int32 start, int32 length, bool length_not_specified)
int32 E; /* end position */
/*
- * SQL99 says S can be zero or negative, but we still must fetch from the
- * start of the string.
+ * SQL99 says S can be zero or negative (which we don't document), but we
+ * still must fetch from the start of the string.
+ * https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/170905442373.643.11536838320909376197%40wrigleys.postgresql.org
*/
S1 = Max(S, 1);