diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/mvcc.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/mvcc.sgml
index 24613e3c75..73934e5cf3 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/mvcc.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/mvcc.sgml
@@ -970,8 +970,7 @@ ERROR:  could not serialize access due to read/write dependencies among transact
         </para>
 
         <para>
-         Acquired by <command>CREATE COLLATION</command>,
-         <command>CREATE TRIGGER</command>, and many forms of
+         Acquired by <command>CREATE TRIGGER</command> and many forms of
          <command>ALTER TABLE</command> (see <xref linkend="sql-altertable"/>).
         </para>
        </listitem>
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_collation.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_collation.sgml
index 5bc9af5499..038797fce1 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_collation.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_collation.sgml
@@ -162,6 +162,13 @@ CREATE COLLATION [ IF NOT EXISTS ] <replaceable>name</replaceable> FROM <replace
  <refsect1 id="sql-createcollation-notes">
   <title>Notes</title>
 
+  <para>
+   <command>CREATE COLLATION</command> takes a <literal>SHARE ROW
+   EXCLUSIVE</literal> lock, which is self-conflicting, on the
+   <structname>pg_collation</structname> system catalog, so only one
+   <command>CREATE COLLATION</command> command can run at a time.
+  </para>
+
   <para>
    Use <command>DROP COLLATION</command> to remove user-defined collations.
   </para>