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Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2022 15:07:01 -0400
From: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
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On Wed, Jun  8, 2022 at 07:49:07PM +0200, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> On 08.06.22 02:15, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > -    you can write a <replaceable class="parameter">format</replaceable>
> > +    you can specify a <replaceable class="parameter">format string</replaceable>
> 
> The "format" refers to the earlier synopsis, so that should be changed, too.
> Or put the "string" outside the <replaceable> element.

I thought about moving it outside, so I did that in this patch.

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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/plpgsql.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/plpgsql.sgml
index d9a74896d5..cf387dfc3f 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/plpgsql.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/plpgsql.sgml
@@ -3778,7 +3778,7 @@ RAISE ;
 
    <para>
     After <replaceable class="parameter">level</replaceable> if any,
-    you can write a <replaceable class="parameter">format</replaceable>
+    you can specify a <replaceable class="parameter">format</replaceable> string
     (which must be a simple string literal, not an expression).  The
     format string specifies the error message text to be reported.
     The format string can be followed

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