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commit    920c6add70c803ae1dcaab9358330320a60de470
Author:   Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
Date:     Tue Jan 14 18:13:04 2020 +0000
First released in: master (reverted before release), REL9_6_STABLE (reverted before release), REL_10_STABLE (reverted before release), REL_11_STABLE (reverted before release), REL_12_STABLE (reverted before release)
Reverted by: 608006c1b9c3 (in 9.6.17), 994f9a71f826 (in 10.12), 417d66c8b445 (in 11.7), 2db27ff4eb3a (in 12.2), c185a57753e6 (in 13.0)

    docs: change "default role" wording to "predefined role"
    
    The new wording was determined to be more accurate.  Also, update
    release note links that reference these sections.
    
    Reported-by: rirans@comcast.net
    
    Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/157742545062.1149.11052653770497832538@wrigleys.postgresql.org
    
    Backpatch-through: 9.6


 doc/src/sgml/user-manag.sgml | 28 ++++++++++++++--------------
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/user-manag.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/user-manag.sgml
index cf41baa2063..2e6466b987f 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/user-manag.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/user-manag.sgml
@@ -483,30 +483,30 @@ DROP ROLE doomed_role;
   </para>
  </sect1>
 
- <sect1 id="default-roles">
-  <title>Default Roles</title>
+ <sect1 id="predefined-roles">
+  <title>Predefined Roles</title>
 
-  <indexterm zone="default-roles">
+  <indexterm zone="predefined-roles">
    <primary>role</>
   </indexterm>
 
   <para>
-   <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> provides a set of default roles
-   which provide access to certain, commonly needed, privileged capabilities
-   and information.  Administrators can GRANT these roles to users and/or
-   other roles in their environment, providing those users with access to
-   the specified capabilities and information.
+   <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> provides a set of predefined
+   roles which allow access to privileged capabilities and information.
+   Administrators can GRANT these roles to login and non-login roles,
+   providing those roles with access to the specified capabilities and
+   information.
   </para>
 
   <para>
-   The default roles are described in <xref linkend="default-roles-table">.
-   Note that the specific permissions for each of the default roles may
+   The predefined roles are described in <xref linkend="predefined-roles-table">.
+   Note that the specific permissions for each of the predefined roles may
    change in the future as additional capabilities are added.  Administrators
    should monitor the release notes for changes.
   </para>
 
-   <table tocentry="1" id="default-roles-table">
-    <title>Default Roles</title>
+   <table tocentry="1" id="predefined-roles-table">
+    <title>Predefined Roles</title>
     <tgroup cols="2">
      <thead>
       <row>
@@ -550,8 +550,8 @@ DROP ROLE doomed_role;
   <literal>pg_read_all_stats</literal> and <literal>pg_stat_scan_tables</literal>
   roles are intended to allow administrators to easily configure a role for the
   purpose of monitoring the database server. They grant a set of common privileges
-  allowing the role to read various useful configuration settings, statistics and
-  other system information normally restricted to superusers.
+  allowing the role to read configuration settings, statistics, and other
+  system information normally restricted to superusers.
   </para>
 
   <para>


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