Editorial improvements to description of pg_settings view.

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml
index 77ccf8e3fcdfec498d1a8b7f2f1baaa5d153d811..ae6dfbd8a5589f69a6ef094fbbe1418b4c3c1426 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-
+
 
@@ -6352,7 +6352,8 @@
   
    The view pg_settings provides access to
    run-time parameters of the server.  It is essentially an alternative
-   interface to the SHOW and SET commands.
+   interface to the 
+   and  commands.
    It also provides access to some facts about each parameter that are
    not directly available from SHOW, such as minimum and
    maximum values.
@@ -6398,7 +6399,7 @@
      
       extra_desc
       text
-      Additional, more detailed, information about the parameter
+      Additional, more detailed, description of the parameter
      
      
       context
@@ -6432,7 +6433,7 @@
      
       enumvals
       text
-      Allowed values in enum parameters (NULL for non-enum
+      Allowed values of an enum parameter (NULL for non-enum
       values)
      
      
@@ -6444,21 +6445,23 @@
      
       reset_val
       text
-      Default run-time session value for the parameter that it will
-      revert to if RESET
+      Value that RESET would reset the parameter to
+      in the current session
      
      
       sourcefile
       text
-      Input file the current value was set from (NULL for values set in
-      sources other than configuration files).  Helpful when using
-      configuration include directives.
+      Configuration file the current value was set in (NULL for
+      values set from sources other than configuration files, or when
+      examined by a non-superuser).
+      Helpful when using configuration include directives
      
      
       sourceline
-      text
-      Line number within the sourcefile the current value was set
-      from (NULL for values set in sources other than configuration files)
+      integer
+      Line number within the configuration file the current value was
+      set at (NULL for values set from sources other than configuration files,
+      or when examined by a non-superuser)