... so concretely, about like this? regards, tom lane
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml index 6b327d4fd81..ed30dbe7ccd 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml @@ -11244,13 +11244,13 @@ now() <function>CURRENT_TIMESTAMP</function>, but is named to clearly reflect what it returns. <function>statement_timestamp()</function> returns the start time of the current - statement (more specifically, the time of receipt of the latest command + statement (more specifically, the time of receipt of the latest protocol message from the client). <function>statement_timestamp()</function> and <function>transaction_timestamp()</function> - return the same value during the first command of a transaction, but might - differ during subsequent commands. + return the same value during the first statement of a transaction, but might + differ during subsequent statements. <function>clock_timestamp()</function> returns the actual current time, and - therefore its value changes even within a single SQL command. + therefore its value changes even within a single SQL statement. <function>timeofday()</function> is a historical <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> function. Like <function>clock_timestamp()</function>, it returns the actual current time,