## 51.48. `pg_shdescription`

The catalog `pg_shdescription` stores optional descriptions (comments) for shared database objects. Descriptions can be manipulated with the COMMENT command and viewed with psql's `\d` commands.

See also `pg_description`, which performs a similar function for descriptions involving objects within a single database.

Unlike most system catalogs, `pg_shdescription` is shared across all databases of a cluster: there is only one copy of `pg_shdescription` per cluster, not one per database.

Table 51.48. `pg_shdescription` Columns

Name | Type | References | Description
--- | --- | --- | ---
`objoid` | `oid` | any OID column | The OID of the object this description pertains to
`classoid` | `oid` | ``pg_class`.oid` | The OID of the system catalog this object appears in
`description` | `text` |  | Arbitrary text that serves as the description of this object