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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/reindexdb.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/reindexdb.sgml index b3313d04a43..e8faaa826a4 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/reindexdb.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/reindexdb.sgml @@ -123,9 +123,9 @@ PostgreSQL documentation <term><option><optional>--dbname=</optional><replaceable class="parameter">dbname</replaceable></option></term> <listitem> <para> - Specifies the name of the database to be reindexed. - If this is not specified and <option>-a</option> (or - <option>--all</option>) is not used, the database name is read + Specifies the name of the database to be reindexed, + when <option>-a</option>/<option>--all</option> is not used. + If this is not specified, the database name is read from the environment variable <envar>PGDATABASE</envar>. If that is not set, the user name specified for the connection is used. The <replaceable>dbname</replaceable> can be a <link @@ -317,10 +317,16 @@ PostgreSQL documentation <term><option>--maintenance-db=<replaceable class="parameter">dbname</replaceable></option></term> <listitem> <para> - Specifies the name of the database to connect to discover what other - databases should be reindexed. If not specified, the - <literal>postgres</literal> database will be used, - and if that does not exist, <literal>template1</literal> will be used. + Specifies the name of the database to connect to to discover which + databases should be reindexed, + when <option>-a</option>/<option>--all</option> is used. + If not specified, the <literal>postgres</literal> database will be used, + or if that does not exist, <literal>template1</literal> will be used. + This can be a <link linkend="libpq-connstring">connection + string</link>. If so, connection string parameters will override any + conflicting command line options. Also, connection string parameters + other than the database name itself will be re-used when connecting + to other databases. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> |