diff --git a/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_backup.h b/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_backup.h
index 8c0cedcd98..b17c9dbb8b 100644
--- a/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_backup.h
+++ b/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_backup.h
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ typedef struct _restoreOptions
 	char	   *use_role;		/* Issue SET ROLE to this */
 	int			dropSchema;
 	int			disable_dollar_quoting;
-	int			dump_inserts;
+	int			dump_inserts;	/* 0 = COPY, otherwise rows per INSERT */
 	int			column_inserts;
 	int			if_exists;
 	int			no_comments;	/* Skip comments */
diff --git a/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dump.c b/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dump.c
index c2627bb630..45946eec46 100644
--- a/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dump.c
+++ b/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dump.c
@@ -2254,7 +2254,7 @@ dumpTableData(Archive *fout, TableDataInfo *tdinfo)
 	char	   *copyStmt;
 	const char *copyFrom;
 
-	if (!dopt->dump_inserts)
+	if (dopt->dump_inserts == 0)
 	{
 		/* Dump/restore using COPY */
 		dumpFn = dumpTableData_copy;