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diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c
index ddd79d0aa2d..7e21ceae880 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c
@@ -427,6 +427,11 @@ pg_split_opts(char **argv, int *argcp, char *optstr)
* This must be called after modules have had the chance to register background
* workers in shared_preload_libraries, and before shared memory size is
* determined.
+ *
+ * Note that in EXEC_BACKEND environment, the value is passed down from
+ * postmaster to subprocesses via BackendParameters in SubPostmasterMain; only
+ * postmaster itself and processes not under postmaster control should call
+ * this.
*/
void
InitializeMaxBackends(void)