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-rw-r--r--doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml3
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml
index 405bf268327..26c3d1242ba 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml
@@ -1529,7 +1529,8 @@ ldap://<replaceable>host</replaceable>[:<replaceable>port</replaceable>]/<replac
</synopsis>
<replaceable>scope</replaceable> must be one
of <literal>base</literal>, <literal>one</literal>, <literal>sub</literal>,
- typically the last. <replaceable>attribute</replaceable> can
+ typically the last. (The default is <literal>base</literal>, which
+ is normally not useful in this application.) <replaceable>attribute</replaceable> can
nominate a single attribute, in which case it is used as a value for
<literal>ldapsearchattribute</literal>. If
<replaceable>attribute</replaceable> is empty then