INSERT doc discrepancy

INSERT INTO table [ ( column [, ...] ) ]
{ DEFAULT VALUES | VALUES ( { expression | DEFAULT } [, ...] )
[, ...] | query }
[ RETURNING * | output_expression [ AS output_name ] [, ...] ]

but it seems if i want to return the result into a record i have to
use it with INTO clause in the end:

INSERT INTO tablename (
a
,b
,c
) VALUES (
in_a
,in_b
,in_c
) RETURNING * INTO _r;

using either

INSERT INTO tablename (
a
,b
,c
) VALUES (
in_a
,in_b
,in_c
) RETURNING _r;

or

INSERT INTO tablename (
a
,b
,c
) VALUES (
in_a
,in_b
,in_c
) RETURNING * AS _r;

didn't work on PostgreSQL 8.2.4

Kristo Kaiv
http://kaiv.wordpress.com (PostgreSQL blog)