Psql manual pages says:
The command form \d+ is identical, but any comments
associated with the table columns are shown as
well.
> Stephen van Egmond (svanegmond@home.com) reports a bug with a severity of 3
> The lower the number the more severe it is.
>
> Short Description
> comments on columns aren't displayed by \dd
>
> Long Description
> Comments on columns appear to be broken. CREATE COMMENT ON COLUMN inserts stuff into the backend pg_* tables
correctly. However \dd from the psql interactive monitor doesn't send a query to retrieve it (i.e. no join on
pg_attribute).
>
> I am working from the Debian package postgresql-client 7.0.3-2.
>
> Sample Code
> create table foo (a text);
> cmment on column foo.a is 'hello!';
> \dd foo.a
>
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>
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