Clarify that connection parameters aren't totally meaningless for PQping.

Per discussion with Phil Sorber.

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml
index d03ec40e33364364c3dc425918ee28cb4bd6e8d5..e36dd4b1d12da6efbda4ebd6a7723bd3786adac8 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml
@@ -648,9 +648,10 @@ PostgresPollingStatusType PQresetPoll(PGconn *conn);
       
        PQpingParams reports the status of the
        server.  It accepts connection parameters identical to those of
-       PQconnectdbParams, described above.  It is not, however,
+       PQconnectdbParams, described above.  It is not
        necessary to supply correct user name, password, or database name
-       values to obtain the server status.
+       values to obtain the server status; however, if incorrect values
+       are provided, the server will log a failed connection attempt.
 
 
 PGPing PQpingParams(const char * const *keywords,
@@ -716,9 +717,10 @@ PGPing PQpingParams(const char * const *keywords,
       
        PQping reports the status of the
        server.  It accepts connection parameters identical to those of
-       PQconnectdb, described above.  It is not, however,
+       PQconnectdb, described above.  It is not
        necessary to supply correct user name, password, or database name
-       values to obtain the server status.
+       values to obtain the server status; however, if incorrect values
+       are provided, the server will log a failed connection attempt.
 
 
 PGPing PQping(const char *conninfo);