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<term><varname>LOG_PID</varname> (<type>boolean</type>)</term>
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<para>
- Prefixes each server log message with the process ID of the
- backend process. This is useful to sort out which messages
- pertain to which connection. The default is off.
+ Prefixes each server message in the logfile with the process ID of
+ the backend process. This is useful to sort out which messages
+ pertain to which connection. The default is off. This parameter
+ does not affect messages logged via syslog(), which always contain
+ the process ID.
</para>
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</varlistentry>