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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml
index 785c55050a6..59d19383fba 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml,v 1.134 2010/03/17 17:12:31 petere Exp $ -->
+<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml,v 1.135 2010/03/31 20:18:10 heikki Exp $ -->
<chapter id="client-authentication">
<title>Client Authentication</title>
@@ -77,8 +77,11 @@
a set of records, one per line. Blank lines are ignored, as is any
text after the <literal>#</literal> comment character. A record is made
up of a number of fields which are separated by spaces and/or tabs.
- Fields can contain white space if the field value is quoted. Records
- cannot be continued across lines.
+ Fields can contain white space if the field value is quoted.
+ Quoting one of the keywords in database or username field (e.g "all"
+ or "replication") makes the name lose its special character, and just
+ match a database or username with that name. Records cannot be
+ continued across lines.
</para>
<para>