"David G. Johnston" <david.g.johns...@gmail.com> writes:
> We probably should write the syntax like we do everywhere else:
> [grantee]={privilege[*]}[…]/grantor
> Then define the placeholders in the subsequent paragraph.
Seems reasonable. About like this?
regards, tom lane
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ddl.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ddl.sgml
index d2951cd754..664361a724 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ddl.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ddl.sgml
@@ -2318,8 +2318,12 @@ REVOKE ALL ON accounts FROM PUBLIC;
<primary><type>aclitem</type></primary>
</indexterm>
The privileges that have been granted for a particular object are
- displayed as a list of <type>aclitem</type> entries, where each
- <type>aclitem</type> describes the permissions of one grantee that
+ displayed as a list of <type>aclitem</type> entries, each having the
+ format:
+<synopsis>
+<replaceable>grantee</replaceable><literal>=</literal><replaceable>privilege-abbreviations</replaceable><literal>/</literal><replaceable>grantor</replaceable>
+</synopsis>
+ Each <type>aclitem</type> describes the permissions of one grantee that
have been granted by a particular grantor. For example,
<literal>calvin=r*w/hobbes</literal> specifies that the role
<literal>calvin</literal> has the privilege
