diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dumpall.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dumpall.sgml
index 6cf1c0d538c..d1b2cc9fd19 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dumpall.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dumpall.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
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-$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dumpall.sgml,v 1.55 2005/11/01 21:09:50 tgl Exp $
+$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dumpall.sgml,v 1.55.2.1 2006/06/16 22:01:22 momjian Exp $
 PostgreSQL documentation
 -->
 
@@ -377,6 +377,13 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
    databases.
   </para>
 
+  <para>
+   <application>pg_dumpall</application> requires all needed
+   tablespace directories to exist before the restore or
+   database creation will fail for databases in non-default
+   locations.
+  </para>
+
  </refsect1>