diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml
index a7d351308f..ff945f81ab 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml
@@ -539,6 +539,8 @@ WITH ( MODULUS numeric_literal, REM
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.
+ But note that a partition's default value is not applied when inserting
+ a tuple through a partitioned table.