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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml
index f64719bd78c..5c67f70863e 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
<!--
-$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml,v 1.244 2004/03/05 23:16:17 tgl Exp $
+$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml,v 1.245 2004/03/07 01:02:55 neilc Exp $
-->
<Chapter Id="runtime">
@@ -541,8 +541,11 @@ env PGOPTIONS='-c geqo=off' psql
SET ENABLE_SEQSCAN TO OFF;
</screen>
If <command>SET</> is allowed, it overrides all other sources of
- values for the parameter. Superusers are allowed to <command>SET</>
- more values than ordinary users.
+ values for the parameter. Superusers are allowed to
+ <command>SET</> more values than ordinary users. Some parameters
+ cannot be <command>SET</command> even by superusers: for example,
+ if they control behavior that cannot reasonably be changed without
+ restarting <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>.
</para>
<para>