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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/copy.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/copy.sgml
index d9b7c4d0d48..a99f8155e46 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/copy.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/copy.sgml
@@ -61,11 +61,11 @@ COPY { <replaceable class="parameter">table_name</replaceable> [ ( <replaceable
</para>
<para>
- If a list of columns is specified, <command>COPY</command> will
- only copy the data in the specified columns to or from the file.
- If there are any columns in the table that are not in the column list,
- <command>COPY FROM</command> will insert the default values for
- those columns.
+ If a column list is specified, <command>COPY TO</command> copies only
+ the data in the specified columns to the file. For <command>COPY
+ FROM</command>, each field in the file is inserted, in order, into the
+ specified column. Table columns not specified in the <command>COPY
+ FROM</command> column list will receive their default values.
</para>
<para>