doc PG 18 relnotes: clarify btree skip scan item
authorBruce Momjian <[email protected]>
Fri, 23 May 2025 02:24:18 +0000 (22:24 -0400)
committerBruce Momjian <[email protected]>
Fri, 23 May 2025 02:24:18 +0000 (22:24 -0400)
Reported-by: Peter Geoghegan
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAH2-Wz=2CWXgO1+uyR-VfN3ALMtFnfTtXK-VtkoQQ89ogm=4sg@mail.gmail.com

doc/src/sgml/release-18.sgml

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@@ -469,7 +469,8 @@ Allow skip scans of btree indexes (Peter Geoghegan)
 </para>
 
 <para>
-This is effective if the earlier non-referenced columns contain few unique values.
+This allows muti-column btree indexes to be used by queries that only
+reference the second or later indexed columns.
 </para>
 </listitem>