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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml index e05acbd28b3..7c7192c5599 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml @@ -1110,11 +1110,12 @@ postgresql://%2Fvar%2Flib%2Fpostgresql/dbname <term><literal>connect_timeout</literal></term> <listitem> <para> - Maximum wait for connection, in seconds (write as a decimal integer - string). Zero or not specified means wait indefinitely. It is not - recommended to use a timeout of less than 2 seconds. - This timeout applies separately to each connection attempt. - For example, if you specify two hosts and <literal>connect_timeout</> + Maximum wait for connection, in seconds (write as a decimal integer, + e.g. <literal>10</literal>). Zero, negative, or not specified means + wait indefinitely. The minimum allowed timeout is 2 seconds, therefore + a value of <literal>1</literal> is interpreted as <literal>2</literal>. + This timeout applies separately to each host name or IP address. + For example, if you specify two hosts and <literal>connect_timeout</literal> is 5, each host will time out if no connection is made within 5 seconds, so the total time spent waiting for a connection might be up to 10 seconds. |