@@ -15735,6 +15735,12 @@ SELECT * FROM pg_ls_dir('.') WITH ORDINALITY AS t(ls,n);
1573515735 by the client (might contain more than one statement)</entry>
1573615736 </row>
1573715737
15738+ <row>
15739+ <entry><literal><function>current_role</function></literal></entry>
15740+ <entry><type>name</type></entry>
15741+ <entry>equivalent to <function>current_user</function></entry>
15742+ </row>
15743+
1573815744 <row>
1573915745 <entry><literal><function>current_schema</function>[()]</literal></entry>
1574015746 <entry><type>name</type></entry>
@@ -15871,8 +15877,11 @@ SELECT * FROM pg_ls_dir('.') WITH ORDINALITY AS t(ls,n);
1587115877
1587215878 <note>
1587315879 <para>
15874- <function>current_catalog</function>, <function>current_schema</function>,
15875- <function>current_user</function>, <function>session_user</function>,
15880+ <function>current_catalog</function>,
15881+ <function>current_role</function>,
15882+ <function>current_schema</function>,
15883+ <function>current_user</function>,
15884+ <function>session_user</function>,
1587615885 and <function>user</function> have special syntactic status
1587715886 in <acronym>SQL</acronym>: they must be called without trailing
1587815887 parentheses. (In PostgreSQL, parentheses can optionally be used with
@@ -15892,6 +15901,10 @@ SELECT * FROM pg_ls_dir('.') WITH ORDINALITY AS t(ls,n);
1589215901 <primary>current_query</primary>
1589315902 </indexterm>
1589415903
15904+ <indexterm>
15905+ <primary>current_role</primary>
15906+ </indexterm>
15907+
1589515908 <indexterm>
1589615909 <primary>current_schema</primary>
1589715910 </indexterm>
@@ -15943,6 +15956,11 @@ SELECT * FROM pg_ls_dir('.') WITH ORDINALITY AS t(ls,n);
1594315956 functions with the attribute <literal>SECURITY DEFINER</literal>.
1594415957 In Unix parlance, the session user is the <quote>real user</quote> and
1594515958 the current user is the <quote>effective user</quote>.
15959+ <function>current_role</function> and <function>user</function> are
15960+ synonyms for <function>current_user</function>. (The SQL standard draws
15961+ a distinction between <function>current_role</function>
15962+ and <function>current_user</function>, but <productname>PostgreSQL</>
15963+ does not, since it unifies users and roles into a single kind of entity.)
1594615964 </para>
1594715965
1594815966 <para>