From 0f590f0064b3a6f1a7492dcc2370819cda0a12c9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2022 21:57:41 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] doc:  clarify recursion internal behavior

Reported-by: Drew DeVault

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/20211018091720.31299-1-sir@cmpwn.com

Backpatch-through: 10
---
 doc/src/sgml/queries.sgml | 5 ++---
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/queries.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/queries.sgml
index 18a9e79259..5366f1f7e6 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/queries.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/queries.sgml
@@ -2110,9 +2110,8 @@ SELECT sum(n) FROM t;
 
   <note>
    <para>
-    Strictly speaking, this process is iteration not recursion, but
-    <literal>RECURSIVE</literal> is the terminology chosen by the SQL standards
-    committee.
+    While <literal>RECURSIVE</literal> allows queries to be specified
+    recursively, internally all queries are evaluated iteratively.
    </para>
   </note>