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diff --git a/src/include/nodes/plannodes.h b/src/include/nodes/plannodes.h
index 1a67e0ff84a..011c6869f27 100644
--- a/src/include/nodes/plannodes.h
+++ b/src/include/nodes/plannodes.h
@@ -158,6 +158,9 @@ typedef struct Result
* ModifyTable node -
* Apply rows produced by subplan(s) to result table(s),
* by inserting, updating, or deleting.
+ *
+ * Note that rowMarks and epqParam are presumed to be valid for all the
+ * subplan(s); they can't contain any info that varies across subplans.
* ----------------
*/
typedef struct ModifyTable
@@ -734,9 +737,18 @@ typedef enum RowMarkType
* prti == parent's RT index, and can therefore be recognized as children by
* the fact that prti != rti.
*
- * The AttrNumbers are filled in during preprocess_targetlist. We use
- * different subsets of them for plain relations, inheritance children,
- * and non-table relations.
+ * The planner also adds resjunk output columns to the plan that carry
+ * information sufficient to identify the locked or fetched rows. For
+ * tables (markType != ROW_MARK_COPY), these columns are named
+ * tableoid%u OID of table
+ * ctid%u TID of row
+ * The tableoid column is only present for an inheritance hierarchy.
+ * When markType == ROW_MARK_COPY, there is instead a single column named
+ * wholerow%u whole-row value of relation
+ * In all three cases, %u represents the parent rangetable index (prti).
+ * Note this means that all tables in an inheritance hierarchy share the
+ * same resjunk column names. However, in an inherited UPDATE/DELETE the
+ * columns could have different physical column numbers in each subplan.
*/
typedef struct PlanRowMark
{
@@ -746,9 +758,6 @@ typedef struct PlanRowMark
RowMarkType markType; /* see enum above */
bool noWait; /* NOWAIT option */
bool isParent; /* true if this is a "dummy" parent entry */
- AttrNumber ctidAttNo; /* resno of ctid junk attribute, if any */
- AttrNumber toidAttNo; /* resno of tableoid junk attribute, if any */
- AttrNumber wholeAttNo; /* resno of whole-row junk attribute, if any */
} PlanRowMark;