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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/lock.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/lock.sgml
index d9c5bf9a1d4..8524182211d 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/lock.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/lock.sgml
@@ -165,18 +165,19 @@ LOCK [ TABLE ] [ ONLY ] <replaceable class="parameter">name</replaceable> [ * ]
<title>Notes</title>
<para>
- To lock a table, one must ordinarily have the <literal>MAINTAIN</literal>
- privilege on the table or be the table's owner, a superuser, or a role
- with privileges of the
- <link linkend="predefined-roles-table"><literal>pg_maintain</literal></link>
- role. <literal>LOCK TABLE ... IN ACCESS SHARE MODE</literal> is allowed
- with <literal>SELECT</literal> privileges on the target
- table. <literal>LOCK TABLE ... IN ROW EXCLUSIVE MODE</literal> is allowed
- with <literal>INSERT</literal>, <literal>UPDATE</literal>, <literal>DELETE</literal>,
- or <literal>TRUNCATE</literal> privileges on the target table. All other
- forms of <command>LOCK</command> are allowed with
- table-level <literal>UPDATE</literal>, <literal>DELETE</literal>,
- or <literal>TRUNCATE</literal> privileges.
+ To lock a table, the user must have the right privilege for the specified
+ <replaceable class="parameter">lockmode</replaceable>, or be the table's
+ owner, a superuser, or a role with privileges of the <link
+ linkend="predefined-roles-table"><literal>pg_maintain</literal></link>
+ role. If the user has <literal>MAINTAIN</literal>,
+ <literal>UPDATE</literal>, <literal>DELETE</literal>, or
+ <literal>TRUNCATE</literal> privileges on the table, any <replaceable
+ class="parameter">lockmode</replaceable> is permitted. If the user has
+ <literal>INSERT</literal> privileges on the table, <literal>ROW EXCLUSIVE
+ MODE</literal> (or a less-conflicting mode as described in <xref
+ linkend="explicit-locking"/>) is permitted. If a user has
+ <literal>SELECT</literal> privileges on the table, <literal>ACCESS SHARE
+ MODE</literal> is permitted.
</para>
<para>