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diff --git a/src/backend/parser/parse_utilcmd.c b/src/backend/parser/parse_utilcmd.c
index a9b2f8bacd8..6e5768c66cf 100644
--- a/src/backend/parser/parse_utilcmd.c
+++ b/src/backend/parser/parse_utilcmd.c
@@ -3727,6 +3727,12 @@ transformPartitionBound(ParseState *pstate, Relation parent,
if (spec->is_default)
{
+ /*
+ * Hash partitioning does not support a default partition; there's no
+ * use case for it (since the set of partitions to create is perfectly
+ * defined), and if users do get into it accidentally, it's hard to
+ * back out from it afterwards.
+ */
if (strategy == PARTITION_STRATEGY_HASH)
ereport(ERROR,
(errcode(ERRCODE_INVALID_TABLE_DEFINITION),