This was changed in 8.2 but the documentation was not corrected.
Per gripe from Sam Mason.
-<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml,v 1.486 2009/08/10 18:29:26 tgl Exp $ -->
+<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml,v 1.487 2009/08/16 19:55:21 tgl Exp $ -->
<chapter id="functions">
<title>Functions and Operators</title>
<row>
<entry><literal><function>random</function>()</literal></entry>
<entry><type>dp</type></entry>
- <entry>random value between 0.0 and 1.0, inclusive</entry>
+ <entry>random value in the range 0.0 <= x < 1.0</entry>
<entry><literal>random()</literal></entry>
<entry></entry>
</row>