diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/pgcrypto.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/pgcrypto.sgml index 1d78cd727e..dc0cd643bc 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/pgcrypto.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/pgcrypto.sgml @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ - + pgcrypto @@ -7,6 +7,11 @@ pgcrypto + + encryption + for specific columns + + The pgcrypto module provides cryptographic functions for PostgreSQL. diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml index 8590cfa35f..01599af5c5 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ - + Server Setup and Operation @@ -1503,8 +1503,9 @@ $ kill -INT `head -1 /usr/local/pgsql/data/postmaster.pid` The contrib function library - pgcrypto allows certain fields to be stored - encrypted. This is useful if only some of the data is sensitive. + pgcrypto + allows certain fields to be stored encrypted. + This is useful if only some of the data is sensitive. The client supplies the decryption key and the data is decrypted on the server and then sent to the client.