diff --git a/man/dbWriteTable.Rd b/man/dbWriteTable.Rd
index f232618b6..d7a4428fa 100644
--- a/man/dbWriteTable.Rd
+++ b/man/dbWriteTable.Rd
@@ -32,17 +32,19 @@
 \arguments{
 \item{conn}{DBIObject}
 
-\item{name}{
-   character vector of names (table names, fields, keywords).
-}
+\item{name}{The table name, passed on to \code{\link[DBI:dbQuoteIdentifier]{dbQuoteIdentifier()}}. Options are:
+\itemize{
+\item a character string with the unquoted DBMS table name,
+e.g. \code{"table_name"},
+\item a call to \code{\link[DBI:Id]{Id()}} with components to the fully qualified table name,
+e.g. \code{Id(schema = "my_schema", table = "table_name")}
+\item a call to \code{\link[DBI:SQL]{SQL()}} with the quoted and fully qualified table name
+given verbatim, e.g. \code{SQL('"my_schema"."table_name"')}
+}}
 
-\item{value}{
-   a data.frame.
-}
+\item{value}{a \link{data.frame} (or coercible to data.frame).}
 
-\item{...}{
-   placeholder for future use.
-}
+\item{...}{Other parameters passed on to methods.}
 
 \item{row.names}{Add a \code{row.name} column, or a vector of length \code{nrow(obj)}
 containing row.names; default \code{FALSE}.}