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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 7ab4424bf13..21e6ce2841e 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4789,7 +4789,7 @@ SELECT pid, wait_event_type, wait_event FROM pg_stat_activity WHERE wait_event i
<structfield>n_tup_ins</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
</para>
<para>
- Number of rows inserted
+ Total number of rows inserted
</para></entry>
</row>
@@ -4798,7 +4798,10 @@ SELECT pid, wait_event_type, wait_event FROM pg_stat_activity WHERE wait_event i
<structfield>n_tup_upd</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
</para>
<para>
- Number of rows updated (includes <link linkend="storage-hot">HOT updated rows</link>)
+ Total number of rows updated. (This includes row updates
+ counted in <structfield>n_tup_hot_upd</structfield> and
+ <structfield>n_tup_newpage_upd</structfield>, and remaining
+ non-<acronym>HOT</acronym> updates.)
</para></entry>
</row>
@@ -4807,7 +4810,7 @@ SELECT pid, wait_event_type, wait_event FROM pg_stat_activity WHERE wait_event i
<structfield>n_tup_del</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
</para>
<para>
- Number of rows deleted
+ Total number of rows deleted
</para></entry>
</row>
@@ -4816,8 +4819,23 @@ SELECT pid, wait_event_type, wait_event FROM pg_stat_activity WHERE wait_event i
<structfield>n_tup_hot_upd</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
</para>
<para>
- Number of rows HOT updated (i.e., with no separate index
- update required)
+ Number of rows <link linkend="storage-hot">HOT updated</link>.
+ These are updates where no successor versions are required in
+ indexes.
+ </para></entry>
+ </row>
+
+ <row>
+ <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+ <structfield>n_tup_newpage_upd</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Number of rows updated where the successor version goes onto a
+ <emphasis>new</emphasis> heap page, leaving behind an original
+ version with a
+ <link linkend="storage-tuple-layout"><structfield>t_ctid</structfield>
+ field</link> that points to a different heap page. These are
+ always non-<acronym>HOT</acronym> updates.
</para></entry>
</row>