diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_publication.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_publication.sgml
index c5299dd74e5..62a5fd432e6 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_publication.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_publication.sgml
@@ -162,6 +162,11 @@ CREATE PUBLICATION <replaceable class="parameter">name</replaceable>
    <command>UPDATE</command>, or it may not be published at all.
   </para>
 
+  <para>
+   <command>COPY ... FROM</command> commands are published
+   as <command>INSERT</command> operations.
+  </para>
+
   <para>
    <command>TRUNCATE</command> and <acronym>DDL</acronym> operations
    are not published.