diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml
index 8836f04f54e..8791672db4b 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml
@@ -353,7 +353,8 @@ FROM ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">numeric_literal</replaceable> | <replace
       additional <literal>CHECK</> constraints; additional constraints with
       the same name and condition as in the parent will be merged with the
       parent constraint.  Defaults may be specified separately for each
-      partition.
+      partition. But note that a partition's default value is not applied
+      when inserting a tuple through a partitioned table.
      </para>
 
      <para>