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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/pgbench.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/pgbench.sgml
index 7d203cda84c..16b82a3bbe0 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/pgbench.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/pgbench.sgml
@@ -751,22 +751,25 @@ pgbench <optional> <replaceable>options</> </optional> <replaceable>dbname</>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term>
- <literal>\set <replaceable>varname</> <replaceable>operand1</> [ <replaceable>operator</> <replaceable>operand2</> ]</literal>
+ <literal>\set <replaceable>varname</> <replaceable>expression</>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
- Sets variable <replaceable>varname</> to a calculated integer value.
- Each <replaceable>operand</> is either an integer constant or a
- <literal>:</><replaceable>variablename</> reference to a variable
- having an integer value. The <replaceable>operator</> can be
- <literal>+</>, <literal>-</>, <literal>*</>, or <literal>/</>.
+ Sets variable <replaceable>varname</> to an integer value calculated
+ from <replaceable>expression</>.
+ The expression may contain integer constants such as <literal>5432</>,
+ references to variables <literal>:</><replaceable>variablename</>,
+ and expressions composed of unary (<literal>-</>) or binary operators
+ (<literal>+</>, <literal>-</>, <literal>*</>, <literal>/</>, <literal>%</>)
+ with their usual associativity, and parentheses.
</para>
<para>
- Example:
+ Examples:
<programlisting>
\set ntellers 10 * :scale
+\set aid (1021 * :aid) % (100000 * :scale) + 1
</programlisting></para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>