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diff --git a/src/bin/psql/copy.c b/src/bin/psql/copy.c
index f1eb518de79..c0fc28373a9 100644
--- a/src/bin/psql/copy.c
+++ b/src/bin/psql/copy.c
@@ -32,10 +32,12 @@
*
* The documented syntax is:
* \copy tablename [(columnlist)] from|to filename [options]
- * \copy ( select stmt ) to filename [options]
+ * \copy ( query stmt ) to filename [options]
*
* where 'filename' can be one of the following:
* '<file path>' | PROGRAM '<command>' | stdin | stdout | pstdout | pstdout
+ * and 'query' can be one of the following:
+ * SELECT | UPDATE | INSERT | DELETE
*
* An undocumented fact is that you can still write BINARY before the
* tablename; this is a hangover from the pre-7.3 syntax. The options
@@ -118,7 +120,7 @@ parse_slash_copy(const char *args)
goto error;
}
- /* Handle COPY (SELECT) case */
+ /* Handle COPY (query) case */
if (token[0] == '(')
{
int parens = 1;