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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml
index 76afcff..8b51d9e 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml
@@ -4934,11 +4934,12 @@ int PQsetnonblocking(PGconn *conn, int arg);
</para>
<para>
- In the nonblocking state, calls to
+ In the nonblocking state, successful calls to
<xref linkend="libpq-PQsendQuery"/>, <xref linkend="libpq-PQputline"/>,
<xref linkend="libpq-PQputnbytes"/>, <xref linkend="libpq-PQputCopyData"/>,
- and <xref linkend="libpq-PQendcopy"/> will not block but instead return
- an error if they need to be called again.
+ and <xref linkend="libpq-PQendcopy"/> will not block; their changes
+ are stored in the local output buffer until they are flushed.
+ Unsuccessful calls will return an error and must be retried.
</para>
<para>