diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_view.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_view.sgml
index 8132e41d425..f13dee1dd42 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_view.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_view.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ Postgres documentation
2000-03-25
-CREATE VIEW view AS SELECT query
+CREATE VIEW view [ ( column name list ) ] AS SELECT query
@@ -44,6 +45,16 @@ CREATE VIEW view AS SELECT
+
+ column name list
+
+
+ An optional list of names to be used for columns of the view.
+ If given, these names override the column names that would be
+ deduced from the SQL query.
+
+
+
query
@@ -124,7 +135,7 @@ CREATE VIEW vista AS SELECT text 'Hello World'
CREATE VIEW will define a view of a table.
- This view is not physically materialized. Specifically, a query
+ The view is not physically materialized. Instead, a query
rewrite retrieve rule is automatically generated to support
retrieve operations on views.