diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
index 3eefe3811a..2c31c35a6b 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
@@ -1894,10 +1894,9 @@ include_dir 'conf.d'
setting .
- Additionally, VACUUM is only able to utilize up to
- a maximum of 1GB of memory, so
- maintenance_work_mem values higher than this have
- no effect on VACUUM.
+ Note that for the collection of dead tuple identifiers,
+ VACUUM is only able to utilize up to a maximum of
+ 1GB of memory.
@@ -1921,6 +1920,13 @@ include_dir 'conf.d'
postgresql.conf file or on the server command
line.
+
+ For the collection of dead tuple identifiers, autovacuum is only able
+ to utilize up to a maximum of 1GB of memory, so
+ setting autovacuum_work_mem to a value higher than
+ that has no effect on the number of dead tuples that autovacuum can
+ collect while scanning a table.
+