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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/trigger.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/trigger.sgml
index a8ee6c7d951..56dfec80e6c 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/trigger.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/trigger.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
<!--
-$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/trigger.sgml,v 1.35 2004/03/03 22:22:24 neilc Exp $
+$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/trigger.sgml,v 1.36 2004/08/13 16:17:19 tgl Exp $
-->
<chapter id="triggers">
@@ -431,8 +431,10 @@ typedef struct Trigger
</para>
<para>
- A trigger function must return either <symbol>NULL</> or a
- <structname>HeapTuple</> pointer. Be careful to return either
+ A trigger function must return either a
+ <structname>HeapTuple</> pointer or a <symbol>NULL</> pointer
+ (<emphasis>not</> a SQL NULL, that is, do not set isNull true).
+ Be careful to return either
<structfield>tg_trigtuple</> or <structfield>tg_newtuple</>,
as appropriate, if you don't want to modify the row being operated on.
</para>