diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/grant.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/grant.sgml
index 080df2b044a..a4c3b0d4408 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/grant.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/grant.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
@@ -520,14 +520,8 @@ GRANT admins TO joe;
- The SQL standard allows setting privileges for individual columns
- within a table:
-
-
-GRANT privileges
- ON table [ ( column [, ...] ) ] [, ...]
- TO { PUBLIC | username [, ...] } [ WITH GRANT OPTION ]
-
+ PostgreSQL does not support the SQL-standard
+ functionality of setting privileges for individual columns.
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/revoke.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/revoke.sgml
index caf62b78331..412da611e2d 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/revoke.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/revoke.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
@@ -231,15 +231,8 @@ REVOKE admins FROM joe;
The compatibility notes of the command
- apply analogously to REVOKE. The syntax summary is:
-
-
-REVOKE [ GRANT OPTION FOR ] privileges
- ON object [ ( column [, ...] ) ]
- FROM { PUBLIC | username [, ...] }
- { RESTRICT | CASCADE }
-
- One of RESTRICT or CASCADE
+ apply analogously to REVOKE.
+ RESTRICT or CASCADE
is required according to the standard, but PostgreSQL>
assumes RESTRICT by default.