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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_rewind.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_rewind.sgml
index dc039d87566..5485033ed8c 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_rewind.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_rewind.sgml
@@ -186,8 +186,10 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
<para>
Create <filename>standby.signal</filename> and append connection
settings to <filename>postgresql.auto.conf</filename> in the output
- directory. <literal>--source-server</literal> is mandatory with
- this option.
+ directory. The dbname will be recorded only if the dbname was
+ specified explicitly in the connection string or <link linkend="libpq-envars">
+ environment variable</link>. <literal>--source-server</literal> is
+ mandatory with this option.
</para>
</listitem>
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