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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/select.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/select.sgml
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--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/select.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/select.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
<!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/select.sgml,v 1.49 2001/10/23 16:42:36 momjian Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/select.sgml,v 1.50 2001/10/31 04:50:52 momjian Exp $
Postgres documentation
-->
@@ -601,6 +601,13 @@ SELECT name FROM distributors ORDER BY code;
specific ordering operator name may be specified. ASC is equivalent
to USING &lt; and DESC is equivalent to USING &gt;.
</para>
+
+ <para>
+ The null value sorts higher than any other value in a domain. In other
+ words, with ascending sort order nulls sort at the end and with
+ descending sort order nulls sort at the beginning.
+ </para>
+
</refsect2>
<refsect2 id="SQL-UNION">