diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml
index 25b3d9632d..b354ba8add 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml
@@ -836,9 +836,16 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
- Force quoting of all identifiers. This may be useful when dumping a
- database for migration to a future version that may have introduced
- additional keywords.
+ Force quoting of all identifiers. This option is recommended when
+ dumping a database from a server whose PostgreSQL>
+ major version is different from pg_dump>'s, or when
+ the output is intended to be loaded into a server of a different
+ major version. By default, pg_dump> quotes only
+ identifiers that are reserved words in its own major version.
+ This sometimes results in compatibility issues when dealing with
+ servers of other versions that may have slightly different sets
+ of reserved words. Using
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dumpall.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dumpall.sgml
index 6c34c257b3..97168a0815 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dumpall.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dumpall.sgml
@@ -368,9 +368,16 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
- Force quoting of all identifiers. This may be useful when dumping a
- database for migration to a future version that may have introduced
- additional keywords.
+ Force quoting of all identifiers. This option is recommended when
+ dumping a database from a server whose PostgreSQL>
+ major version is different from pg_dumpall>'s, or when
+ the output is intended to be loaded into a server of a different
+ major version. By default, pg_dumpall> quotes only
+ identifiers that are reserved words in its own major version.
+ This sometimes results in compatibility issues when dealing with
+ servers of other versions that may have slightly different sets
+ of reserved words. Using