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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ddl.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ddl.sgml
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+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ddl.sgml
@@ -2975,11 +2975,11 @@ ANALYZE measurement;
<listitem>
<para>
Constraint exclusion only works when the query's <literal>WHERE</>
- clause contains constants. A parameterized query will not be
- optimized, since the planner cannot know which partitions the
- parameter value might select at run time. For the same reason,
- <quote>stable</> functions such as <function>CURRENT_DATE</function>
- must be avoided.
+ clause contains constants (or externally supplied parameters).
+ For example, a comparison against a non-immutable function such as
+ <function>CURRENT_TIMESTAMP</function> cannot be optimized, since the
+ planner cannot know which partition the function value might fall
+ into at run time.
</para>
</listitem>