Document fallback to tcp/ip localhost connection from psql on ports

without unix domain sockets (win32).

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml
index e996bd6e428a74d220ab64d03908cd5828525cb6..8b2289164a0341e92c0ccbb6f3a848c29cfd9584 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
 
@@ -490,8 +490,9 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
     not belong to any option it will be interpreted as the database name
     (or the user name, if the database name is also given). Not all
     these options are required, defaults do apply. If you omit the host
-    name, psql will connect via a Unix domain socket to a server on the
-    local host. The default port number is compile-time determined.
+    name, psql will connect via a Unix domain socket 
+    to a server on the local host, or via TCP/IP to localhost on machines
+    that don't have unix domain sockets. The default port number is compile-time determined.
     Since the database server uses the same default, you will not have
     to specify the port in most cases. The default user name is your
     Unix user name, as is the default database name. Note that you can't