doc: mention psql -l uses the 'postgres' database by default

Reported-by: Mark Wood Bug: 14912 Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/20171116171735.1474.30450@wrigleys.postgresql.org Author: David G. Johnston Backpatch-through: 10
8 years ago · e0a0deca38
parent bb94ce4d26
commit e0a0deca38
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--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml
@ -283,7 +283,9 @@ EOF
      <listitem>
      <para>
      List all available databases, then exit. Other non-connection
-      options are ignored. This is similar to the meta-command
+      options are ignored. If an explicit database name is not
+      found the <literal>postgres</literal> database, not the user's,
+      will be targeted for connection. This is similar to the meta-command
      <command>\list</command>.
      </para>
      </listitem>