Appears I forgot to update the docs earlier.

Please note I have no way to test this.  Docbook doesn't like my
cygwin setup.

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Rod Taylor

doc/src/sgml/ref/insert.sgml

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@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
   </refsynopsisdivinfo>
   <synopsis>
 INSERT INTO <replaceable class="PARAMETER">table</replaceable> [ ( <replaceable class="PARAMETER">column</replaceable> [, ...] ) ]
-    { DEFAULT VALUES | VALUES ( <replaceable class="PARAMETER">expression</replaceable> [, ...] ) | SELECT <replaceable class="PARAMETER">query</replaceable> }
+    { DEFAULT VALUES | VALUES ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">expression</replaceable> | DEFAULT } [, ...] ) | SELECT <replaceable class="PARAMETER">query</replaceable> }
   </synopsis>
 
   <refsect2 id="R2-SQL-INSERT-1">
@@ -71,6 +71,16 @@ INSERT INTO <replaceable class="PARAMETER">table</replaceable> [ ( <replaceable
       </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
 
+     <varlistentry>
+      <term><replaceable class="PARAMETER">DEFAULT</replaceable></term>
+      <listitem>
+       <para>
+	This column will be filled in by the column DEFAULT clause, or NULL if
+	a default is not available.
+       </para>
+      </listitem>
+     </varlistentry>
+
      <varlistentry>
       <term><replaceable class="PARAMETER">query</replaceable></term>
       <listitem>
@@ -175,6 +185,18 @@ INSERT INTO films (code, title, did, date_prod, kind)
    </programlisting>
   </para>
 
+  <para>
+   In the third example, we use the DEFAULT values for the date columns
+   rather than specifying an entry.
+
+   <programlisting>
+INSERT INTO films VALUES
+    ('UA502','Bananas',105,DEFAULT,'Comedy',INTERVAL '82 minute');
+INSERT INTO films (code, title, did, date_prod, kind)
+    VALUES ('T_601', 'Yojimbo', 106, DEFAULT, 'Drama');
+   </programlisting>
+  </para>
+
   <para>
    Insert a single row into table distributors; note that
    only column <literal>name</literal> is specified, so the omitted