Rephrase a few comments for clarity.

hlinnaka · hlinnaka · commit a1dc4ea02044 · 2018-07-19T16:08:49.000+03:00
I was confused by what "intended to be parallel serially" meant, until Robert Haas and David G. Johnston explained it. Rephrase the comment to make it more clear, using David's suggested wording. Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/1fec9022-41e8-e484-70ce-2179b08c2092%40iki.fi
diff --git a/src/backend/executor/nodeIndexonlyscan.c b/src/backend/executor/nodeIndexonlyscan.c
@@ -84,8 +84,8 @@ IndexOnlyNext(IndexOnlyScanState *node)
 	{
 		/*
 		 * We reach here if the index only scan is not parallel, or if we're
-		 * executing a index only scan that was intended to be parallel
-		 * serially.
+		 * serially executing an index only scan that was planned to be
+		 * parallel.
 		 */
 		scandesc = index_beginscan(node->ss.ss_currentRelation,
 								   node->ioss_RelationDesc,
diff --git a/src/backend/executor/nodeIndexscan.c b/src/backend/executor/nodeIndexscan.c
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ IndexNext(IndexScanState *node)
 	{
 		/*
 		 * We reach here if the index scan is not parallel, or if we're
-		 * executing a index scan that was intended to be parallel serially.
+		 * serially executing an index scan that was planned to be parallel.
 		 */
 		scandesc = index_beginscan(node->ss.ss_currentRelation,
 								   node->iss_RelationDesc,
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ IndexNextWithReorder(IndexScanState *node)
 	{
 		/*
 		 * We reach here if the index scan is not parallel, or if we're
-		 * executing a index scan that was intended to be parallel serially.
+		 * serially executing an index scan that was planned to be parallel.
 		 */
 		scandesc = index_beginscan(node->ss.ss_currentRelation,
 								   node->iss_RelationDesc,
diff --git a/src/backend/executor/nodeSeqscan.c b/src/backend/executor/nodeSeqscan.c
@@ -66,8 +66,8 @@ SeqNext(SeqScanState *node)
 	if (scandesc == NULL)
 	{
 		/*
-		 * We reach here if the scan is not parallel, or if we're executing a
-		 * scan that was intended to be parallel serially.
+		 * We reach here if the scan is not parallel, or if we're serially
+		 * executing a scan that was planned to be parallel.
 		 */
 		scandesc = heap_beginscan(node->ss.ss_currentRelation,
 								  estate->es_snapshot,
