diff --git a/jOOQ-meta/src/main/resources/xsd/jooq-codegen-2.4.0.xsd b/jOOQ-meta/src/main/resources/xsd/jooq-codegen-2.4.0.xsd
index 14ec0d9a71..7357b0fbd3 100644
--- a/jOOQ-meta/src/main/resources/xsd/jooq-codegen-2.4.0.xsd
+++ b/jOOQ-meta/src/main/resources/xsd/jooq-codegen-2.4.0.xsd
@@ -157,6 +157,7 @@
         The schema that is used locally as a source for meta information.
         This could be your development schema or the production schema, etc
         This cannot be combined with the schemata element.
+        If left empty (and without any schemata element), jOOQ will generate all available schemata.
         For backwards compatibility, this defaults to jdbc/schema
         -->
       <element name="inputSchema" type="string" default="" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1" />
diff --git a/jOOQ-website/src/main/resources/manual.xml b/jOOQ-website/src/main/resources/manual.xml
index 31bdb70d1a..ffb9256f23 100644
--- a/jOOQ-website/src/main/resources/manual.xml
+++ b/jOOQ-website/src/main/resources/manual.xml
@@ -1525,7 +1525,10 @@ public void bind(BindContext context) throws DataAccessException;</java>
 
       <!-- The schema that is used locally as a source for meta information.
            This could be your development schema or the production schema, etc
-           This cannot be combined with the schemata element. -->
+           This cannot be combined with the schemata element.
+
+           If left empty, jOOQ will generate all available schemata. See the
+           manual's next section to learn how to generate several schemata -->
       <inputSchema>[your database schema / owner / name]</inputSchema>
     </database>