diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/mvcc.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/mvcc.sgml
index f56eb557b1..2ca423ce8a 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/mvcc.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/mvcc.sgml
@@ -298,7 +298,8 @@
     though they are not yet committed.  Also note that two successive
     <command>SELECT</command> commands can see different data, even
     though they are within a single transaction, if other transactions
-    commit changes during execution of the first <command>SELECT</command>.
+    commit changes after the first <command>SELECT</command> starts and
+    before the second <command>SELECT</command> starts.
    </para>
 
    <para>