diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml
index 2c4d5ef640..aaac025c90 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml
@@ -1441,6 +1441,17 @@ $ <userinput>grep ^Hugepagesize /proc/meminfo</userinput>
 Hugepagesize:       2048 kB
 $ <userinput>ls /sys/kernel/mm/hugepages</userinput>
 hugepages-1048576kB  hugepages-2048kB
+</programlisting>
+
+     If the server is running, this parameter can be viewed using the 
+     <command>SHOW</command> command.
+     This might look like:
+<programlisting>
+postgres=# <userinput>SHOW shared_memory_size_in_huge_pages;</userinput>
+ shared_memory_size_in_huge_pages 
+----------------------------------
+ 3170
+(1 row)
 </programlisting>
 
      In this example the default is 2MB, but you can also explicitly request