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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dumpall.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dumpall.sgml index 2ab570ad4c1..aa944a2e92a 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dumpall.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dumpall.sgml @@ -345,11 +345,14 @@ PostgreSQL documentation <term><option>--no-role-passwords</option></term> <listitem> <para> - Do not dump passwords for roles. When restored, roles will have a NULL - password and authentication will always fail until the password is reset. - Since password values aren't needed when this option is specified we - use the catalog view pg_roles in preference to pg_authid, since access - to pg_authid may be restricted by security policy. + Do not dump passwords for roles. When restored, roles will have a + null password, and password authentication will always fail until the + password is set. Since password values aren't needed when this option + is specified, the role information is read from the catalog + view <structname>pg_roles</structname> instead + of <structname>pg_authid</structname>. Therefore, this option also + helps if access to <structname>pg_authid</structname> is restricted by + some security policy. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> |