AbstractIt has been shown that a holomorphic function f in the unit ball of ℂn belongs to the weighted Bergman space , p > n + 1 + α, if and only if the function | f(z) – f(w)|/|1 – 〈z, w〉| is in Lp( × , dvβ × dvβ), where β = (p + α – n – 1)/2 and dvβ(z) = (1 – |z|2)βdv(z). In this paper we consider the range 0 < p < n + 1 + α and show that in this case, f ∈ (i) if and only if the function | f(z) – f(w)|/|1 – hz, wi| is in Lp( × , dvα × dvα), (ii) if and only if the function | f(z)– f(w)|/|z–w| is in Lp( × , dvα × dvα). We think the revealed difference in the weights for the double integrals between the cases 0 < p < n + 1 + α and p > n + 1 + α is particularly interesting.