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diff --git a/src/backend/executor/execMain.c b/src/backend/executor/execMain.c
index 01eda70f054..a546292da6e 100644
--- a/src/backend/executor/execMain.c
+++ b/src/backend/executor/execMain.c
@@ -501,6 +501,12 @@ ExecutorRewind(QueryDesc *queryDesc)
*
* Returns true if permissions are adequate. Otherwise, throws an appropriate
* error if ereport_on_violation is true, or simply returns false otherwise.
+ *
+ * Note that this does NOT address row-level security policies (aka: RLS). If
+ * rows will be returned to the user as a result of this permission check
+ * passing, then RLS also needs to be consulted (and check_enable_rls()).
+ *
+ * See rewrite/rowsecurity.c.
*/
bool
ExecCheckRTPerms(List *rangeTable, bool ereport_on_violation)
@@ -1660,15 +1666,17 @@ ExecWithCheckOptions(ResultRelInfo *resultRelInfo,
/*
* WITH CHECK OPTION checks are intended to ensure that the new tuple
- * is visible in the view. If the view's qual evaluates to NULL, then
- * the new tuple won't be included in the view. Therefore we need to
- * tell ExecQual to return FALSE for NULL (the opposite of what we do
- * above for CHECK constraints).
+ * is visible (in the case of a view) or that it passes the
+ * 'with-check' policy (in the case of row security).
+ * If the qual evaluates to NULL or FALSE, then the new tuple won't be
+ * included in the view or doesn't pass the 'with-check' policy for the
+ * table. We need ExecQual to return FALSE for NULL to handle the view
+ * case (the opposite of what we do above for CHECK constraints).
*/
if (!ExecQual((List *) wcoExpr, econtext, false))
ereport(ERROR,
(errcode(ERRCODE_WITH_CHECK_OPTION_VIOLATION),
- errmsg("new row violates WITH CHECK OPTION for view \"%s\"",
+ errmsg("new row violates WITH CHECK OPTION for \"%s\"",
wco->viewname),
errdetail("Failing row contains %s.",
ExecBuildSlotValueDescription(slot,