diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/system-views.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/system-views.sgml
index 44aa70a031..3f573a4f08 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/system-views.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/system-views.sgml
@@ -3273,11 +3273,6 @@ SELECT * FROM pg_locks pl LEFT JOIN pg_prepared_xacts ppx
ways to change these parameters.
-
- This view does not display customized options
- until the extension module that defines them has been loaded.
-
-
This view cannot be inserted into or deleted from, but it can be updated. An
UPDATE applied to a row of pg_settings
@@ -3291,6 +3286,21 @@ SELECT * FROM pg_locks pl LEFT JOIN pg_prepared_xacts ppx
SET.
+
+ This view does not
+ display customized options
+ unless the extension module that defines them has been loaded by the
+ backend process executing the query (e.g., via a mention in
+ ,
+ a call to a C function in the extension, or the
+ LOAD command).
+ For example, since archive modules
+ are normally loaded only by the archiver process not regular sessions,
+ this view will not display any customized options defined by such modules
+ unless special action is taken to load them into the backend process
+ executing the query.
+
+