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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/protocol.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/protocol.sgml
index e72556303ab..3d72a162ebf 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/protocol.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/protocol.sgml
@@ -1759,9 +1759,11 @@ The commands accepted in walsender mode are:
After the second regular result set, one or more CopyResponse results
will be sent, one for PGDATA and one for each additional tablespace other
than <literal>pg_default</> and <literal>pg_global</>. The data in
- the CopyResponse results will be a tar format (using ustar00
- extensions) dump of the tablespace contents. After the tar data is
- complete, a final ordinary result set will be sent.
+ the CopyResponse results will be a tar format (following the
+ <quote>ustar interchange format</> specified in the POSIX 1003.1-2008
+ standard) dump of the tablespace contents, except that the two trailing
+ blocks of zeroes specified in the standard are omitted.
+ After the tar data is complete, a final ordinary result set will be sent.
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