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commit    56c00634b4e4df800cb7dd809edb083a4ca997f8
Author:   Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
Date:     Tue Jan 23 23:22:56 2018 +0000

    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


 doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml
index 525464968fd..bdb109242e9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml
@@ -281,7 +281,9 @@ 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>


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