1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml
index f7bd9650af1..2913fd79750 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml
@@ -5215,7 +5215,7 @@ typedef struct pgNotify
   <para>
    <function>PQnotifies</function> does not actually read data from the
    server; it just returns messages previously absorbed by another
-   <application>libpq</application> function.  In prior releases of
+   <application>libpq</application> function.  In ancient releases of
    <application>libpq</application>, the only way to ensure timely receipt
    of <command>NOTIFY</> messages was to constantly submit commands, even
    empty ones, and then check <function>PQnotifies</function> after each
@@ -8608,6 +8608,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
                     notify->relname, notify->be_pid);
             PQfreemem(notify);
             nnotifies++;
+            PQconsumeInput(conn);
         }
     }