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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/grant.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/grant.sgml
index 9b1ed1aebae..d846cd07fde 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/grant.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/grant.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
<!--
-$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/grant.sgml,v 1.59 2006/07/20 18:00:03 momjian Exp $
+$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/grant.sgml,v 1.60 2006/08/02 16:29:49 tgl Exp $
PostgreSQL documentation
-->
@@ -50,8 +50,7 @@ GRANT { CREATE | ALL [ PRIVILEGES ] }
ON TABLESPACE <replaceable>tablespacename</> [, ...]
TO { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">username</replaceable> | GROUP <replaceable class="PARAMETER">groupname</replaceable> | PUBLIC } [, ...] [ WITH GRANT OPTION ]
-GRANT <replaceable class="PARAMETER">role</replaceable> [, ...]
- TO { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">username</replaceable> | GROUP <replaceable class="PARAMETER">groupname</replaceable> | PUBLIC } [, ...] [ WITH ADMIN OPTION ]
+GRANT <replaceable class="PARAMETER">role</replaceable> [, ...] TO <replaceable class="PARAMETER">username</replaceable> [, ...] [ WITH ADMIN OPTION ]
</synopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>
@@ -325,6 +324,12 @@ GRANT <replaceable class="PARAMETER">role</replaceable> [, ...]
Roles having <literal>CREATEROLE</> privilege can grant or revoke
membership in any role that is not a superuser.
</para>
+
+ <para>
+ Unlike the case with privileges, membership in a role cannot be granted
+ to <literal>PUBLIC</>. Note also that this form of the command does not
+ allow the noise word <literal>GROUP</>.
+ </para>
</refsect2>
</refsect1>