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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml
index 4086f2f7b2..2e13e1daa4 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml,v 1.264 2008/09/22 13:55:13 tgl Exp $ -->
+<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml,v 1.265 2008/09/22 14:21:44 tgl Exp $ -->
<chapter id="libpq">
<title><application>libpq</application> - C Library</title>
@@ -1201,7 +1201,6 @@ PQconninfoOption *PQconninfoParse(const char *conninfo, char **errmsg);
<synopsis>
int PQconnectionNeedsPassword(const PGconn *conn);
</synopsis>
-
</para>
<para>
@@ -1216,19 +1215,16 @@ PQconninfoOption *PQconninfoParse(const char *conninfo, char **errmsg);
<listitem>
<para>
Returns true (1) if the connection authentication method
- used a caller-supplied password. Returns false (0) if not.
+ used a password. Returns false (0) if not.
<synopsis>
int PQconnectionUsedPassword(const PGconn *conn);
</synopsis>
-
</para>
<para>
- This function detects whether a password supplied to the connection
- function was actually used. Passwords obtained from other
- sources (such as the <filename>.pgpass</> file) are not considered
- caller-supplied.
+ This function can be applied after either a failed or successful
+ connection attempt to detect whether the server demanded a password.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>