diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/copy.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/copy.sgml
index 209ae01bd7a..48fa5562934 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/copy.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/copy.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
@@ -363,8 +363,9 @@ COPY table [ ( COPY FROM can handle lines
- ending with newlines, carriage returns, or carriage return/newlines.
+ ("\r\n") for servers running MS Windows.
+ COPY FROM can handle lines ending with newlines,
+ carriage returns, or carriage return/newlines.