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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/sources.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/sources.sgml index 06d995e4b76..5d1d510f8e7 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/sources.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/sources.sgml @@ -539,6 +539,14 @@ Hint: The addendum, written as a complete sentence. </para> <para> + In messages containing configuration variable names, do not include quotes + when the names are visibly not natural English words, such as when they + have underscores, are all-uppercase or have mixed case. Otherwise, quotes + must be added. Do include quotes in a message where an arbitrary variable + name is to be expanded. + </para> + + <para> There are functions in the backend that will double-quote their own output as needed (for example, <function>format_type_be()</function>). Do not put additional quotes around the output of such functions. |