From 0c14f3f30160df90bebc72840bde86c29795bf4c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Peter Smith <peter.b.smith@fujitsu.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2026 08:28:58 +1100
Subject: [PATCH v2] DOCS - Remove ambiguous wording about 'ONLY' for
 partitioned tables.

Clarify ambiguous wording about 'ONLY' and '*' for partitioned tables.

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Author: Peter Smith <smithpb2250@gmail.com>

Reviewed-by: Chao Li <li.evan.chao@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: shveta malik <shveta.malik@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Takeshi Ideriha <iderihatakeshi@gmail.com>

Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/CAHut%2BPu%3DU1qdHBGjExPU9A7D2pvcRN_JkMVni6%2BTmpprfWj%3Djg%40mail.gmail.com
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 doc/src/sgml/ref/create_publication.sgml | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_publication.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_publication.sgml
index 8196e6a4235..24f4110c6fb 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_publication.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_publication.sgml
@@ -119,9 +119,9 @@ CREATE PUBLICATION <replaceable class="parameter">name</replaceable>
       Optionally, <literal>*</literal> can be specified after the
       <replaceable class="parameter">table_name</replaceable> to
       explicitly indicate that descendant tables are included.
-      This does not apply to a partitioned table, however.  The partitions of
-      a partitioned table are always implicitly considered part of the
-      publication, so they are never explicitly added to the publication.
+      For a partitioned table, <literal>ONLY</literal> and <literal>*</literal>
+      have no effect: its partitions are always implicitly considered part of
+      the publication, so they do not need to be added explicitly.
      </para>
 
      <para>
-- 
2.47.3