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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/indexam.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/indexam.sgml
index 80f55da87b3..a6e4466e8a1 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/indexam.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/indexam.sgml
@@ -396,7 +396,8 @@ amgettuple (IndexScanDesc scan,
row), then on success it must also check
<literal>scan-&gt;xs_want_itup</>, and if that is true it must return
the original indexed data for the index entry, in the form of an
- <structname>IndexTuple</> pointer stored at <literal>scan-&gt;xs_itup</>.
+ <structname>IndexTuple</> pointer stored at <literal>scan-&gt;xs_itup</>,
+ with tuple descriptor <literal>scan-&gt;xs_itupdesc</>.
(Management of the data referenced by the pointer is the access method's
responsibility. The data must remain good at least until the next
<function>amgettuple</>, <function>amrescan</>, or <function>amendscan</>