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commit    c88b36d382ebb7925db9f713dcf5ad8ca1bbae71
Author:   Daniel Gustafsson <dgustafsson@postgresql.org>
Date:     Fri Apr 04 07:47:36 2025 +0000
First released in: 18.0, 16.9, 17.5

    doc: Clarify the system value for sslrootcert
    
    The documentation for the special value "system" for sslrootcert could
    be misinterpreted to mean the default operating system CA store, which
    it may be, but it's defined to be the default CA store of the SSL lib
    used.
    
    Backpatch down to v16 where support for the system value was added.
    
    Author: Daniel Gustafsson <daniel@yesql.se>
    Reviewed-by: George MacKerron <george@mackerron.co.uk>
    Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/B3CBBAA3-6EA3-4AB7-8619-4BBFAB93DDB4@yesql.se
    Backpatch-through: 16


 doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml   | 2 +-
 doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml | 3 ++-
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml
index e3b74af96a6..789a6ec2486 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml
@@ -1999,7 +1999,7 @@ postgresql://%2Fvar%2Flib%2Fpostgresql/dbname
        </para>
        <para>
         The special value <literal>system</literal> may be specified instead, in
-        which case the system's trusted CA roots will be loaded. The exact
+        which case the trusted CA roots from the SSL implementation will be loaded. The exact
         locations of these root certificates differ by SSL implementation and
         platform. For <productname>OpenSSL</productname> in particular, the
         locations may be further modified by the <envar>SSL_CERT_DIR</envar>
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml
index 893b30eb31a..25ee5be5b1b 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml
@@ -1986,7 +1986,8 @@ pg_dumpall -p 5432 | psql -d postgres -p 5433
    <literal>sslmode=verify-ca</literal> or
    <literal>verify-full</literal> and have the appropriate root certificate
    file installed (<xref linkend="libq-ssl-certificates"/>). Alternatively the
-   system CA pool can be used using <literal>sslrootcert=system</literal>; in
+   <link linkend="libpq-connect-sslrootcert">system CA pool</link>, as defined
+   by the SSL implementation, can be used using <literal>sslrootcert=system</literal>; in
    this case, <literal>sslmode=verify-full</literal> is forced for safety, since
    it is generally trivial to obtain certificates which are signed by a public
    CA.


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