Clarify runtime pruning in EXPLAIN

Author: Amit Langote
Reviewed-by: David Rowley
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/002dec69-9afb-b621-5630-235eceafe0bd@lab.ntt.co.jp

doc/src/sgml/ddl.sgml

@@ -3921,8 +3921,12 @@ EXPLAIN SELECT count(*) FROM measurement WHERE logdate >= DATE '2008-01-01';
        query, partition pruning is performed whenever one of the
        execution parameters being used by partition pruning changes.
        Determining if partitions were pruned during this phase requires
-       careful inspection of the <literal>nloops</literal> property in
-       the <command>EXPLAIN ANALYZE</command> output.
+       careful inspection of the <literal>loops</literal> property in
+       the <command>EXPLAIN ANALYZE</command> output.  Subplans
+       corresponding to different partitions may have different values
+       for it depending on how many times each of them was pruned during
+       execution.  Some may be shown as <literal>(never executed)</literal>
+       if they were pruned every time.
       </para>
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