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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/textsearch.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/textsearch.sgml index 20db7b7afe6..6afaf9e62c4 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/textsearch.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/textsearch.sgml @@ -3618,7 +3618,7 @@ SELECT plainto_tsquery('supernovae stars'); </sect1> <sect1 id="textsearch-indexes"> - <title>GIN and GiST Index Types</title> + <title>Preferred Index Types for Text Search</title> <indexterm zone="textsearch-indexes"> <primary>text search</primary> @@ -3627,10 +3627,16 @@ SELECT plainto_tsquery('supernovae stars'); <para> There are two kinds of indexes that can be used to speed up full text - searches. + searches: + <link linkend="gin"><acronym>GIN</acronym></link> and + <link linkend="gist"><acronym>GiST</acronym></link>. Note that indexes are not mandatory for full text searching, but in cases where a column is searched on a regular basis, an index is usually desirable. + </para> + + <para> + To create such an index, do one of: <variablelist> |