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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml
index f6f858d4740..6493d302c7f 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml
@@ -210,7 +210,10 @@ hostnossl <replaceable>database</replaceable> <replaceable>user</replaceable>
in <productname>PostgreSQL</>; a <literal>+</> mark really means
<quote>match any of the roles that are directly or indirectly members
of this role</>, while a name without a <literal>+</> mark matches
- only that specific role.)
+ only that specific role.) For this purpose, a superuser is only
+ considered to be a member of a role if they are explicitly a member
+ of the role, directly or indirectly, and not just by virtue of
+ being a superuser.
Multiple user names can be supplied by separating them with commas.
A separate file containing user names can be specified by preceding the
file name with <literal>@</>.