diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/grant.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/grant.sgml
index 73f88e0..0e878ba 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/grant.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/grant.sgml
@@ -453,6 +453,22 @@ GRANT role_name [, ...] TO
+ Further, roles having the INHERIT attribute
+ that are assigned to other roles in a hierarchical fashion are
+ additive of permission in the fashion of the
+ database>.>schema>.>table>.>column>
+ hierarchy. E.g. a user's login role can be assigned a role of
+ accountant> which is in turn assigned a role of
+ employee>. The user would have the permissions of an
+ accountant> and, be virtue of the role hierarchy, also
+ all permissions granted to employee>s. Unlike the
+ fixed
+ database>.>schema>.>table>.>column>
+ hierarchy the PostgreSQL> user is free to fashion
+ roles into arbitrary hierarchical structures.
+
+
+
When a non-owner of an object attempts to GRANT> privileges
on the object, the command will fail outright if the user has no
privileges whatsoever on the object. As long as some privilege is