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commit    668656d52f9a834796f9584bff6473aece56bf46
Author:   Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Date:     Fri Jun 03 15:51:37 2022 +0000
First released in: 15.0, 10.22, 11.17, 12.12, 13.8, 14.4

    Doc: fix incorrect bit-reversal in example of macaddr formatting.
    
    Will Mortensen (minor additional copy-editing by me)
    
    Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAMpnoC5Y6jiZHSA82FG+e_AqkwMg-i94EYqs1C_9kXXFc3_3Yw@mail.gmail.com


 doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml
index e53f34b206a..60b0e67c6ee 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml
@@ -3753,13 +3753,13 @@ SELECT person.name, holidays.num_weeks FROM person, holidays
     </para>
 
     <para>
-     IEEE Std 802-2001 specifies the second shown form (with hyphens)
+     IEEE Standard 802-2001 specifies the second form shown (with hyphens)
      as the canonical form for MAC addresses, and specifies the first
-     form (with colons) as the bit-reversed notation, so that
-     08-00-2b-01-02-03 = 01:00:4D:08:04:0C.  This convention is widely
+     form (with colons) as used with bit-reversed, MSB-first notation, so that
+     08-00-2b-01-02-03 = 10:00:D4:80:40:C0.  This convention is widely
      ignored nowadays, and it is relevant only for obsolete network
      protocols (such as Token Ring).  PostgreSQL makes no provisions
-     for bit reversal, and all accepted formats use the canonical LSB
+     for bit reversal; all accepted formats use the canonical LSB
      order.
     </para>
 


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