diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/libpgtcl.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/libpgtcl.sgml
index 37344ba0e9d..c57766cd423 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/libpgtcl.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/libpgtcl.sgml
@@ -188,6 +188,8 @@ pg_connect dbName -host <
A string of connection options, each written in the form keyword = value.
+A list of valid options can be found in libpq>'s
+PQconnectdb()> manual entry.
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/libpq++.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/libpq++.sgml
index 38a02104aa8..06ab5238a8a 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/libpq++.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/libpq++.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
@@ -65,13 +65,15 @@ $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/Attic/libpq++.sgml,v 1.24 2001/01/20 20:59:
The following environment variables can be used to select default
- connection parameter values, which will be used by PQconnectdb or
- PQsetdbLogin if no value is directly specified by the calling code.
+ connection parameter values, which will be used by
+ PQconnectdb> or
+ PQsetdbLogin> if no value is directly specified by the calling code.
These are useful to avoid hard-coding database names into simple
application programs.
- libpq++ uses only environment variables or PQconnectdb
+ libpq++ uses only environment variables or
+ libpq>'s PQconnectdb>
conninfo style strings.