Improvements to the CREATE DATABASE reference page's description of the

Neil Conway · Neil Conway · commit 51967daa06da · 2004-10-29T03:17:22.000Z
TABLESPACE clause.
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_database.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_database.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
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@@ -113,9 +113,11 @@ CREATE DATABASE <replaceable class="PARAMETER">name</replaceable>
       <term><replaceable class="parameter">tablespace</replaceable></term>
       <listitem>
        <para>
-        Specifies the default tablespace for the new database.
-        If not specified, the same tablespace that is default for
-        the template database is used.  See
+        The name of the tablespace that will be associated with the
+        new database, or <literal>DEFAULT</literal> to use the
+        template database's tablespace. This
+        tablespace will be the default tablespace used for objects
+        created in this database. See
         <xref linkend="sql-createtablespace" endterm="sql-createtablespace-title">
         for more information.
        </para>
