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-rw-r--r--doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_basebackup.sgml5
-rw-r--r--doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_receivewal.sgml7
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_basebackup.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_basebackup.sgml
index d2b8ddd200c..344de921e4b 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_basebackup.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_basebackup.sgml
@@ -778,7 +778,10 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
The option is called <literal>--dbname</literal> for consistency with other
client applications, but because <application>pg_basebackup</application>
doesn't connect to any particular database in the cluster, any database
- name in the connection string will be ignored.
+ name in the connection string will be ignored
+ by <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>. Middleware, or proxies, used in
+ connecting to <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> might however
+ utilize the value.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_receivewal.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_receivewal.sgml
index cecc7daec97..798b972d3cc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_receivewal.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_receivewal.sgml
@@ -316,8 +316,11 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
<para>
The option is called <literal>--dbname</literal> for consistency with other
client applications, but because <application>pg_receivewal</application>
- doesn't connect to any particular database in the cluster, database
- name in the connection string will be ignored.
+ doesn't connect to any particular database in the cluster, any database
+ name in the connection string will be ignored by
+ <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>. Middleware, or proxies, used in
+ connecting to <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> might however
+ utilize the value.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>