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@@ -16,3 +16,7 @@ If you do not find an appropriate set of time zone names for your geographic
location supplied here, please report this to <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>.
Your set of time zone names can then be included in future releases.
For the time being you can always add your own set.
+
+The files named Africa.txt, etc, are not intended to be used directly as
+timezone abbreviation files. They contain reference definitions of timezone
+names that can be copied into a custom abbreviation file as needed.