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commit    66d9a4a207cf36ab0f53d2bfb6f5131716244134
Author:   Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
Date:     Mon Nov 13 19:03:37 2023 +0000
First released in: 17.0, 12.18, 13.14, 14.11, 15.6, 16.2

    doc:  correct description of libpq's PQsetnonblocking() mode
    
    Reported-by: Yugo NAGATA
    
    Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/20210713115949.702986955f8ccf23fa81073c@sraoss.co.jp
    
    Backpatch-through: 12-16, master already done


 doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml | 7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml
index 72150c57cc0..584a6dadb74 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml
@@ -4790,11 +4790,12 @@ int PQsetnonblocking(PGconn *conn, int arg);
       </para>
 
       <para>
-       In the nonblocking state, calls to
+       In the nonblocking state, successful calls to
        <xref linkend="libpq-PQsendQuery"/>, <xref linkend="libpq-PQputline"/>,
        <xref linkend="libpq-PQputnbytes"/>, <xref linkend="libpq-PQputCopyData"/>,
-       and <xref linkend="libpq-PQendcopy"/> will not block but instead return
-       an error if they need to be called again.
+       and <xref linkend="libpq-PQendcopy"/> will not block;  their changes
+       are stored in the local output buffer until they are flushed.
+       Unsuccessful calls will return an error and must be retried.
       </para>
 
       <para>


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