diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_subscription.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_subscription.sgml
index 6cf7d4f..b4763c4 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_subscription.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_subscription.sgml
@@ -271,8 +271,12 @@ CREATE SUBSCRIPTION <replaceable class="parameter">subscription_name</replaceabl
         <listitem>
          <para>
           Specifies whether to enable streaming of in-progress transactions
-          for this subscription.  The default value is <literal>parallel</literal>,
-          meaning incoming changes are directly applied via one of the parallel
+          for this subscription.
+         </para>
+
+         <para>
+          If set to <literal>parallel</literal> (the default value),
+          incoming changes are directly applied via one of the parallel
           apply workers, if available. If no parallel apply worker is free to
           handle streaming transactions then the changes are written to
           temporary files and applied after the transaction is committed. Note