diff --git a/reference/pgsql/functions/pg-connect.xml b/reference/pgsql/functions/pg-connect.xml
index 24fe32cfdc..275d1189b6 100644
--- a/reference/pgsql/functions/pg-connect.xml
+++ b/reference/pgsql/functions/pg-connect.xml
@@ -60,6 +60,10 @@
        <parameter>service</parameter>.  Which of these arguments exist depends
        on your PostgreSQL version.
       </para>
+      <para>
+       The <parameter>options</parameter> parameter can be used to set command line parameters 
+       to be invoked by the server.
+      </para>
      </listitem>
     </varlistentry>
     <varlistentry>
@@ -103,6 +107,9 @@ $dbconn3 = pg_connect("host=sheep port=5432 dbname=mary user=lamb password=foo")
 $conn_string = "host=sheep port=5432 dbname=test user=lamb password=bar";
 $dbconn4 = pg_connect($conn_string);
 //connect to a database named "test" on the host "sheep" with a username and password
+
+$dbconn5 = pg_connect("host=localhost options='--client_encoding=UTF8'");
+//connect to a database on "localhost" and set the command line parameter which tells the encoding is in UTF-8
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     </programlisting>