diff --git a/src/bin/psql/describe.c b/src/bin/psql/describe.c
new file mode 100644
index 9b6b9c2..bd2519c
*** a/src/bin/psql/describe.c
--- b/src/bin/psql/describe.c
*************** describeOneTableDetails(const char *sche
*** 1149,1154 ****
--- 1149,1155 ----
  		char	   *reloptions;
  		char	   *reloftype;
  		char		relpersistence;
+ 		bool		updatable;
  	}			tableinfo;
  	bool		show_modifiers = false;
  	bool		retval;
*************** describeOneTableDetails(const char *sche
*** 1164,1170 ****
  	initPQExpBuffer(&tmpbuf);
  
  	/* Get general table info */
! 	if (pset.sversion >= 90100)
  	{
  		printfPQExpBuffer(&buf,
  			  "SELECT c.relchecks, c.relkind, c.relhasindex, c.relhasrules, "
--- 1165,1189 ----
  	initPQExpBuffer(&tmpbuf);
  
  	/* Get general table info */
! 	if (pset.sversion >= 90300)
! 	{
! 		printfPQExpBuffer(&buf,
! 			  "SELECT c.relchecks, c.relkind, c.relhasindex, c.relhasrules, "
! 						  "c.relhastriggers, c.relhasoids, "
! 						  "%s, c.reltablespace, "
! 						  "CASE WHEN c.reloftype = 0 THEN '' ELSE c.reloftype::pg_catalog.regtype::pg_catalog.text END, "
! 						  "c.relpersistence, "
! 						  "c.relkind = 'r' OR (c.relkind IN ('f', 'v') AND pg_catalog.pg_relation_is_updatable(c.oid, true) <> 0)\n"
! 						  "FROM pg_catalog.pg_class c\n "
! 		   "LEFT JOIN pg_catalog.pg_class tc ON (c.reltoastrelid = tc.oid)\n"
! 						  "WHERE c.oid = '%s';",
! 						  (verbose ?
! 						   "pg_catalog.array_to_string(c.reloptions || "
! 						   "array(select 'toast.' || x from pg_catalog.unnest(tc.reloptions) x), ', ')\n"
! 						   : "''"),
! 						  oid);
! 	}
! 	else if (pset.sversion >= 90100)
  	{
  		printfPQExpBuffer(&buf,
  			  "SELECT c.relchecks, c.relkind, c.relhasindex, c.relhasrules, "
*************** describeOneTableDetails(const char *sche
*** 1269,1274 ****
--- 1288,1295 ----
  		pg_strdup(PQgetvalue(res, 0, 8)) : NULL;
  	tableinfo.relpersistence = (pset.sversion >= 90100) ?
  		*(PQgetvalue(res, 0, 9)) : 0;
+ 	tableinfo.updatable = (pset.sversion >= 90300) ?
+ 		strcmp(PQgetvalue(res, 0, 10), "t") == 0 : false;
  	PQclear(res);
  	res = NULL;
  
*************** describeOneTableDetails(const char *sche
*** 2291,2296 ****
--- 2312,2331 ----
  		printTableAddFooter(&cont, buf.data);
  	}
  
+ 	/*
+ 	 * starting from 9.3, foreign tables may be updatable and views may be
+ 	 * auto-updatable (in addition to being updatable using rules or triggers).
+ 	 */
+ 	if (verbose && pset.sversion >= 90300 &&
+ 		(tableinfo.relkind == 'f' || tableinfo.relkind == 'v'))
+ 	{
+ 		const char *s = _("Updatable");
+ 
+ 		printfPQExpBuffer(&buf, "%s: %s", s,
+ 						  (tableinfo.updatable ? _("yes") : _("no")));
+ 		printTableAddFooter(&cont, buf.data);
+ 	}
+ 
  	printTable(&cont, pset.queryFout, pset.logfile);
  	printTableCleanup(&cont);