--- /tmp/pg_dump.sgml.orig      2005-11-15 11:50:55.000000000 +0000
+++ /tmp/pg_dump.sgml   2005-11-15 11:57:38.000000000 +0000
@@ -492,8 +492,9 @@
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Specify the compression level to use in archive formats that
-        support compression.  (Currently only the custom archive
-        format supports compression.)
+        support compression.  (Currently the tar archive
+        format does not support compression.  The plain text format is
+        compressed with gzip.)
        </para>
       </listitem>
      </varlistentry>