diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/trigger.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/trigger.sgml
index 2a718d7f47..5c859ccdd8 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/trigger.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/trigger.sgml
@@ -305,8 +305,9 @@
     <varname>NEW</varname> row for <command>INSERT</command> and
     <command>UPDATE</command> triggers, and/or the <varname>OLD</varname> row
     for <command>UPDATE</command> and <command>DELETE</command> triggers.
-    Statement-level triggers do not currently have any way to examine the
-    individual row(s) modified by the statement.
+    Statement-level <literal>AFTER</literal> triggers can optionally examine
+    the set of rows modified by the statement using either SQL queries or
+    tuplestores.
    </para>
 
   </sect1>