From: Tatsuo Ishii <ishii@postgresql.org>
Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2019 06:34:41 +0000 (+0900)
Subject: Doc: enhance pgbench manual.
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Doc: enhance pgbench manual.

Clarify the difference between "prepared mode" and other query modes.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/20181030.103654.2249812451112831300.t-ishii@sraoss.co.jp
Reviewed by: Fabien Coelh and Alvaro Herrera.
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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pgbench.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pgbench.sgml
index ca16088118..15ee7c0f2b 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pgbench.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pgbench.sgml
@@ -473,6 +473,13 @@ pgbench <optional> <replaceable>options</replaceable> </optional> <replaceable>d
             <para><literal>prepared</literal>: use extended query protocol with prepared statements.</para>
            </listitem>
           </itemizedlist>
+
+        Because in "prepared" mode <application>pgbench</application> reuses
+        the parse analysis result for the second and subsequent query
+        iteration, <application>pgbench</application> runs faster in the
+        prepared mode than in other modes.
+       </para>
+       <para>
         The default is simple query protocol.  (See <xref linkend="protocol"/>
         for more information.)
        </para>