you to specify one or more
      subqueries that can be referenced by name in the <command>DELETE</command>
      query. See <xref linkend="queries-with"/> and <xref linkend="sql-select"/>
      for details.
     </para>
    </listitem>
   </varlistentry>

   <varlistentry>
    <term><replaceable class="parameter">table_name</replaceable></term>
    <listitem>
     <para>
      The name (optionally schema-qualified) of the table to delete rows
      from.  If <literal>ONLY</literal> is specified before the table name,
      matching rows are deleted from the named table only.  If
      <literal>ONLY</literal> is not specified, matching rows are also deleted
      from any tables inheriting from the named table.  Optionally,
      <literal>*</literal> can be specified after the table name to explicitly
      indicate that descendant tables are included.
     </para>
    </listitem>
   </varlistentry>

   <varlistentry>
    <term><replaceable class="parameter">alias</replaceable></term>
    <listitem>
     <para>
      A substitute name for the target table. When an alias is
      provided, it completely hides the actual name of the table.  For
      example, given <literal>DELETE FROM foo AS f</literal>, the remainder
      of the <command>DELETE</command> statement must refer to this
      table as <literal>f</literal> not <literal>foo</literal>.
     </para>
    </listitem>
   </varlistentry>

   <varlistentry>
    <term><replaceable class="parameter">from_item</replaceable></term>
    <listitem>
     <para>
      A table expression allowing columns from other tables to appear
      in the <literal>WHERE</literal> condition.  This uses the same
      syntax as the <link linkend="sql-from"><literal>FROM</literal></link>
      clause of a <command>SELECT</command> statement; for example, an alias
      for the table name can be specified.  Do not repeat the target
      table as a <replaceable class="parameter">from_item</replaceable>
      unless you wish to set up a self-join (in which case it must appear
      with an alias in the <replaceable>from_item</replaceable>).
     </para>
    </listitem>
   </varlistentry>

   <varlistentry>
    <term><replaceable class="parameter">condition</replaceable></term>
    <listitem>
     <para>
      An expression that returns a value of type <type>boolean</type>.
      Only rows for which this expression returns <literal>true</literal>
      will be deleted.
     </para>
    </listitem>
   </varlistentry>

   <varlistentry>
    <term><replaceable class="parameter">cursor_name</replaceable></term>
    <listitem>
     <para>
      The name of the cursor to use in a <literal>WHERE CURRENT OF</literal>
      condition.  The row to be deleted is the one most recently fetched
      from this cursor.  The cursor must be a non-grouping
      query on the <command>DELETE</command>'s target table.
      Note that <literal>WHERE CURRENT OF</literal> cannot be
      specified together with a Boolean condition.  See
      <xref linkend="sql-declare"/>
      for more information about using cursors with
      <literal>WHERE CURRENT OF</literal>.
     </para>
    </listitem>
   </varlistentry>

   <varlistentry>
    <term><replaceable class="parameter">output_alias</replaceable></term>
    <listitem>
     <para>
      An optional substitute name for <literal>OLD</literal> or
      <literal>NEW</literal> rows in the <literal>RETURNING</literal> list.
     </para>

     <para>
      By default, old values from the target table can be returned by writing
      <literal>OLD.<replaceable class="parameter">column_name</replaceable></literal>
      or <literal>OLD.*</literal>, and new values can be returned by writing
      <literal>NEW.<replaceable class="parameter">column_name</replaceable></literal>
      or <literal>NEW.*</literal>.  When an alias is provided, these names are
      hidden and the old or new rows must be referred to using the alias.
      For example <literal>RETURNING WITH (OLD AS o, NEW