diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/truncate.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/truncate.sgml
index 15887590352..7650832a2aa 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/truncate.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/truncate.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
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+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/truncate.sgml,v 1.15.2.1 2005/02/22 19:06:49 tgl Exp $
 PostgreSQL documentation
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@@ -53,6 +53,10 @@ TRUNCATE [ TABLE ] <replaceable class="PARAMETER">name</replaceable>
  <refsect1>
   <title>Notes</title>
 
+  <para>
+   Only the owner of a table may <command>TRUNCATE</> it.
+  </para>
+
   <para>
    <command>TRUNCATE</> cannot be used if there are foreign-key references
    to the table from other tables.  Checking validity in such cases would