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commit 5e68c1b711f5c1c9a61443970680375f33bf85cb
Merge: 2a4047bb3 b60b71d68
Author: Paul Ramsey <pramsey at cleverelephant.ca>
Date:   Fri Jun 27 14:19:50 2025 -0700

    Merge branch 'ibat-alliance-master'


commit b60b71d6883140b499b41ee23b58fd841ea27fcc
Author: Nikolai <nikolai-b at users.noreply.github.com>
Date:   Mon Jun 23 15:33:06 2025 +0100

    Improve St_Buffer doc note
    
    Prefer ST_MakeValid over ST_Buffer

diff --git a/doc/reference_processing.xml b/doc/reference_processing.xml
index 93f6abbd0..8144058a4 100644
--- a/doc/reference_processing.xml
+++ b/doc/reference_processing.xml
@@ -98,10 +98,9 @@ This is only applicable to LINESTRING geometry and does not affect POINT or POLY
             This may not produce the desired behavior if the input object is much larger than a UTM zone or crosses the dateline
             </para></note>
 
-            <note><para>Buffer output is always a valid polygonal geometry.
-            Buffer can handle invalid inputs,
-            so buffering by distance 0 is sometimes used as a way of repairing invalid polygons.
-            <xref linkend="ST_MakeValid"/> can also be used for this purpose.
+            <note><para>Buffer can handle invalid inputs and the output is always a valid polygonal geometry.
+            Buffering by distance 0 is sometimes used as a way of repairing invalid polygons.
+            <xref linkend="ST_MakeValid"/> is more suitable for this process as it can handle multi-polygons.
             </para></note>
 
             <note><para>Buffering is sometimes used to perform a within-distance search.

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 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)


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