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Re: Suspected documentation error

Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>

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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: "David G. Johnston" <david.g.johnston@gmail.com>
Cc: scoobster17@gmail.com, pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org
Date: 2026-05-06T14:13:03Z
Lists: pgsql-docs 
"David G. Johnston" <david.g.johnston@gmail.com> writes:
> On Wed, May 6, 2026 at 6:52 AM Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
>> I'm inclined to try to fix it via formatting: change HH and MM to
>> lower case and wrap them in <replaceable> so they render in italics.

> And isn't replaceable usually something the user is expected to provide a
> value for - not something the system populates?

No, I think it just means "this word is not literally what you'd see
or type".

			regards, tom lane