Re: document pg_settings view doesn't display custom options

John Naylor <john(dot)naylor(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> writes:
> On Thu, Oct 29, 2020 at 11:51 PM Fujii Masao <masao(dot)fujii(at)oss(dot)nttdata(dot)com>
> wrote:
>> Also I think this note should be in the different paragraph from the
>> paragraph
>> of "The pg_settings view cannot be inserted into or deleted from...."
>> because
>> they are different topics. Thought?

> Agreed on both points. In a separate paragraph, I think it's awkward to
> start two consecutive sentences with "The pg_settings view". If we put it
> in the previous paragraph we could phrase it like this:

> "See Section 20.1 for more information about the various ways to change
> these parameters. Customized options are not displayed until the
> extension module that defines them has been loaded.

That just moves the subject-inconsistency to a different para :-(
I think this item should be its own new para.

As for the repetitiveness, we could just say "This view ...", in one or
even both paras.

regards, tom lane