Notes or comments on columns in a table

PostgreSQL 9.2
When creating a table or altering a column of a table, is there a way to add notes on a column?

If not:
I have a new enhancement request. When creating a table or altering a column, it would be nice if a user could add "comments" or "notes" to a column. This note would only appear when doing "\d table_name".

Why? I was adding a new column to a table called "type". Normally I only add types as characters even though integers are much better for indexing. The problem with integers is I never remember what value means what. Does a 1 mean directory or file. So I end up creating "type" as a character so I can do a quick SELECT DISTINCT to figure out the options. I would use integers if I could do \d table_name to see in the notes section what values meant. I would think other people run into this issue all the time.

Thanks,

Lance Campbell
Software Architect
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