From 3c41b812c5578fd7bd5c2de42941012d7d56dde2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2014 17:16:22 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] docs: psql '--' comments are not passed to the server

C-style block comments are passed to the server.
---
 doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml
index 5dce06af26..85899d78fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml
@@ -679,6 +679,12 @@ testdb=&gt;
     <xref linkend="SQL-LISTEN"> and
     <xref linkend="SQL-NOTIFY">.
     </para>
+
+    <para>
+    While C-style block comments are passed to the server for
+    processing and removal, SQL-standard comments are removed by
+    <application>psql</application>.
+    </para>
   </refsect2>
 
   <refsect2 id="APP-PSQL-meta-commands">
-- 
2.39.5