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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml
index b023940dc3d..86d5ddc2852 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
<!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml,v 1.169 2003/02/19 04:06:28 momjian Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml,v 1.170 2003/03/04 21:51:19 tgl Exp $
-->
<Chapter Id="runtime">
@@ -1725,7 +1725,9 @@ dynamic_library_path = '/usr/local/lib/postgresql:/home/my_project/lib:$libdir'
<listitem>
<para>
Sets the maximum number of disk pages for which free space will
- be tracked in the shared free-space map. The default is 10000.
+ be tracked in the shared free-space map. Six bytes of shared memory
+ are consumed for each page slot. This setting must be more than
+ 16 * <varname>max_fsm_relations</varname>. The default is 20000.
This option can only be set at server start.
</para>
</listitem>
@@ -1735,9 +1737,11 @@ dynamic_library_path = '/usr/local/lib/postgresql:/home/my_project/lib:$libdir'
<term><varname>MAX_FSM_RELATIONS</varname> (<type>integer</type>)</term>
<listitem>
<para>
- Sets the maximum number of relations (tables) for which free
- space will be tracked in the shared free-space map. The default
- is 1000. This option can only be set at server start.
+ Sets the maximum number of relations (tables and indexes) for which
+ free space will be tracked in the shared free-space map. Roughly
+ fifty bytes of shared memory are consumed for each slot.
+ The default is 1000.
+ This option can only be set at server start.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>