diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml
index bfab6603397..b937471e530 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml
@@ -70,9 +70,8 @@
% postmaster -S
and the postmaster will be "S"ilent.
- Notice that there
- is no ampersand ("&") at the end of the last example so
- postmaster will be running in the foreground.
+ No ampersand ("&") is required in this case, since the postmaster
+ automatically detaches from the terminal when -S is specified.
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/trouble.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/trouble.sgml
index 776e96f7163..dae22b33720 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/trouble.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/trouble.sgml
@@ -156,9 +156,8 @@ FATAL 1: Database testdb does not exist in pg_database
% postmaster -S
and the postmaster will be "S"ilent.
- Notice that there
- is no ampersand ("&") at the end of the last example so
- postmaster will be running in the foreground.
+ No ampersand ("&") is required in this case, since the postmaster
+ automatically detaches from the terminal when -S is specified.