diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml
index ee1c957c73..7dd1ef2ea1 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml
@@ -10141,7 +10141,7 @@ table2-mapping
Expands the object in from_json to a row whose columns match
the record type defined by base. Conversion will be best
effort; columns in base with no corresponding key in from_json
- will be left null. A column may only be specified once.
+ will be left null. If a column is specified more than once, the last value is used.
select * from json_populate_record(null::x, '{"a":1,"b":2}')
@@ -10164,8 +10164,8 @@ table2-mapping
Expands the outermost set of objects in from_json to a set
whose columns match the record type defined by base.
Conversion will be best effort; columns in base with no
- corresponding key in from_json will be left null. A column
- may only be specified once.
+ corresponding key in from_json will be left null.
+ If a column is specified more than once, the last value is used.
select * from json_populate_recordset(null::x, '[{"a":1,"b":2},{"a":3,"b":4}]')