... so concretely, about like this?
regards, tom lane
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml
index 6b327d4fd81..ed30dbe7ccd 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml
@@ -11244,13 +11244,13 @@ now()
<function>CURRENT_TIMESTAMP</function>, but is named to clearly reflect
what it returns.
<function>statement_timestamp()</function> returns the start time of the current
- statement (more specifically, the time of receipt of the latest command
+ statement (more specifically, the time of receipt of the latest protocol
message from the client).
<function>statement_timestamp()</function> and <function>transaction_timestamp()</function>
- return the same value during the first command of a transaction, but might
- differ during subsequent commands.
+ return the same value during the first statement of a transaction, but might
+ differ during subsequent statements.
<function>clock_timestamp()</function> returns the actual current time, and
- therefore its value changes even within a single SQL command.
+ therefore its value changes even within a single SQL statement.
<function>timeofday()</function> is a historical
<productname>PostgreSQL</productname> function. Like
<function>clock_timestamp()</function>, it returns the actual current time,
