diff --git a/src/backend/parser/analyze.c b/src/backend/parser/analyze.c
index 867c68d9a5b..3043203df68 100644
--- a/src/backend/parser/analyze.c
+++ b/src/backend/parser/analyze.c
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  * Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2003, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
  * Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
  *
- *	$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/parser/analyze.c,v 1.290.2.3 2005/02/19 19:33:42 tgl Exp $
+ *	$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/parser/analyze.c,v 1.290.2.4 2006/10/11 20:03:26 tgl Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -1240,7 +1240,7 @@ transformInhRelation(ParseState *pstate, CreateStmtContext *cxt,
 	constr = tupleDesc->constr;
 
 	/*
-	 * Insert the inherited attributes into the cxt for the new table
+	 * Insert the copied attributes into the cxt for the new table
 	 * definition.
 	 */
 	for (parent_attno = 1; parent_attno <= tupleDesc->natts;
@@ -1258,7 +1258,7 @@ transformInhRelation(ParseState *pstate, CreateStmtContext *cxt,
 			continue;
 
 		/*
-		 * Create a new inherited column.
+		 * Create a new column, which is marked as NOT inherited.
 		 *
 		 * For constraints, ONLY the NOT NULL constraint is inherited by the
 		 * new column definition per SQL99.
@@ -1270,7 +1270,7 @@ transformInhRelation(ParseState *pstate, CreateStmtContext *cxt,
 		typename->typmod = attribute->atttypmod;
 		def->typename = typename;
 		def->inhcount = 0;
-		def->is_local = false;
+		def->is_local = true;
 		def->is_not_null = attribute->attnotnull;
 		def->raw_default = NULL;
 		def->cooked_default = NULL;