diff --git a/reference/pgsql/functions/pg-connect.xml b/reference/pgsql/functions/pg-connect.xml
index 2cb7d77fb3..24fe32cfdc 100644
--- a/reference/pgsql/functions/pg-connect.xml
+++ b/reference/pgsql/functions/pg-connect.xml
@@ -52,7 +52,8 @@
       <para>
        The currently recognized parameter keywords are:
        <parameter>host</parameter>, <parameter>hostaddr</parameter>, <parameter>port</parameter>,
-       <parameter>dbname</parameter>, <parameter>user</parameter>,
+       <parameter>dbname</parameter> (defaults to value of <parameter>user</parameter>),
+       <parameter>user</parameter>,
        <parameter>password</parameter>, <parameter>connect_timeout</parameter>,
        <parameter>options</parameter>, <parameter>tty</parameter> (ignored), <parameter>sslmode</parameter>,
        <parameter>requiressl</parameter> (deprecated in favor of <parameter>sslmode</parameter>), and