From 2e3abaaa3b0a5deb006d2210c3e66f5b3571bfd2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Laurenz Albe <laurenz.albe@cybertec.at>
Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2019 15:23:10 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Document that the right to ALTER or DROP is hereditary

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/504497aca66bf34bdcdd90bd0bcebdc3a33f577b.camel@cybertec.at
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 doc/src/sgml/ddl.sgml | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ddl.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ddl.sgml
index 9d6ec2c738..030c896f82 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ddl.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ddl.sgml
@@ -1578,8 +1578,10 @@ ALTER TABLE products RENAME TO items;
   </para>
 
   <para>
-   The right to modify or destroy an object is always the privilege of
-   the owner only.
+   The right to modify or destroy an object is the privilege of the owner.
+   Like all privileges, that right can be inherited by members of the owning role,
+   but there is no way to grant or revoke it more selectively.
+   See <xref linkend="role-membership"/> for more about role membership.
   </para>
 
   <para>
-- 
2.21.0