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</para>
<para>
- You must own the table to use <command>ALTER TABLE</>; except for
- <command>ALTER TABLE OWNER</>, which may only be executed by a superuser.
+ You must own the table to use <command>ALTER TABLE</>.
To change the schema of a table, you must also have
<literal>CREATE</literal> privilege on the new schema.
+ To alter the owner, the new owner must have
+ <literal>CREATE</literal> privilege on the schema.
</para>
</refsect1>