@@ -88,25 +88,19 @@ REVOKE [ GRANT OPTION FOR ]
8888  <title>Description</title>
8989
9090  <para>
91-    <command>ALTER DEFAULT PRIVILEGES</command> allows you to set the privileges
92-    that will be applied to objects created in the future.  (It does not
93-    affect privileges assigned to already-existing objects.)  Currently,
94-    only the privileges for schemas, tables (including views and foreign
95-    tables), sequences, functions, and types (including domains) can be
96-    altered.  For this command, functions include aggregates and procedures.
97-    The words <literal>FUNCTIONS</literal> and <literal>ROUTINES</literal> are
98-    equivalent in this command.  (<literal>ROUTINES</literal> is preferred
99-    going forward as the standard term for functions and procedures taken
100-    together.  In earlier PostgreSQL releases, only the
101-    word <literal>FUNCTIONS</literal> was allowed.  It is not possible to set
102-    default privileges for functions and procedures separately.)
91+    <command>ALTER DEFAULT PRIVILEGES</command> allows you to set the
92+    privileges that will be applied to objects created in the future.
93+    (It does not affect privileges assigned to already-existing objects.)
94+    Privileges can be set globally (i.e., for all objects created in the
95+    current database), or just for objects created in specified schemas.
10396  </para>
10497
10598  <para>
106-    You can change default privileges only for objects that will be created by
107-    yourself or by roles that you are a member of.  The privileges can be set
108-    globally (i.e., for all objects created in the current database),
109-    or just for objects created in specified schemas.
99+    While you can change your own default privileges and the defaults of
100+    roles that you are a member of, at object creation time, new object
101+    permissions are only affected by the default privileges of the current
102+    role, and are not inherited from any roles in which the current role
103+    is a member.
110104  </para>
111105
112106  <para>
@@ -118,6 +112,19 @@ REVOKE [ GRANT OPTION FOR ]
118112   <command>ALTER DEFAULT PRIVILEGES</command>.
119113  </para>
120114
115+   <para>
116+    Currently,
117+    only the privileges for schemas, tables (including views and foreign
118+    tables), sequences, functions, and types (including domains) can be
119+    altered.  For this command, functions include aggregates and procedures.
120+    The words <literal>FUNCTIONS</literal> and <literal>ROUTINES</literal> are
121+    equivalent in this command.  (<literal>ROUTINES</literal> is preferred
122+    going forward as the standard term for functions and procedures taken
123+    together.  In earlier PostgreSQL releases, only the
124+    word <literal>FUNCTIONS</literal> was allowed.  It is not possible to set
125+    default privileges for functions and procedures separately.)
126+   </para>
127+ 
121128  <para>
122129   Default privileges that are specified per-schema are added to whatever
123130   the global default privileges are for the particular object type.
@@ -136,12 +143,9 @@ REVOKE [ GRANT OPTION FOR ]
136143    <term><replaceable>target_role</replaceable></term>
137144    <listitem>
138145     <para>
139-       The name of an existing role of which the current role is a member.
140-       Default access privileges are not inherited, so member roles
141-       must use <command>SET ROLE</command> to access these privileges,
142-       or <command>ALTER DEFAULT PRIVILEGES</command> must be run for
143-       each member role.  If <literal>FOR ROLE</literal> is omitted,
144-       the current role is assumed.
146+       Change default privileges for objects created by the
147+       <replaceable>target_role</replaceable>, or the current
148+       role if unspecified.
145149     </para>
146150    </listitem>
147151   </varlistentry>
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