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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_xlogdump.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_xlogdump.sgml
index 177caab00d4..16ca4434231 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_xlogdump.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_xlogdump.sgml
@@ -117,9 +117,12 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
<term><option>--path=<replaceable>path</replaceable></option></term>
<listitem>
<para>
- Directory in which to find log segment files. The default is to search
- for them in the <literal>pg_xlog</literal> subdirectory of the current
- directory.
+ Specifies a directory to search for log segment files or a
+ directory with a <literal>pg_xlog</literal> subdirectory that
+ contains such files. The default is to search in the current
+ directory, the <literal>pg_xlog</literal> subdirectory of the
+ current directory, and the <literal>pg_xlog</literal> subdirectory
+ of <envar>PGDATA</envar>.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>