From b9dce0d8aeb369f57a0480356fce8b6cb33fc86c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2022 21:57:41 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] doc:  clarify recursion internal behavior

Reported-by: Drew DeVault

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/20211018091720.31299-1-sir@cmpwn.com

Backpatch-through: 10
---
 doc/src/sgml/queries.sgml | 5 ++---
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/queries.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/queries.sgml
index 602fdce7caa..0f2683f4d07 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/queries.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/queries.sgml
@@ -2106,9 +2106,8 @@ SELECT sum(n) FROM t;
 
   <note>
    <para>
-    Strictly speaking, this process is iteration not recursion, but
-    <literal>RECURSIVE</> is the terminology chosen by the SQL standards
-    committee.
+    While <literal>RECURSIVE</literal> allows queries to be specified
+    recursively, internally all queries are evaluated iteratively.
    </para>
   </note>
 
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