Trim down environment variable instructions for Win32, backpatch to 8.2.X.

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml
index 53a0a7b12677ee9ca860dd64385ff2a3d6fc3ac0..e0dc3e20a249f96f080b2910c7f87211039c2024 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml
@@ -4351,12 +4351,11 @@ installs too. The file's location can also be specified by the
 <envar>PGSYSCONFDIR</envar> environment variable.
 </para>
 
+<hint>
 <para>
-To set an environment variable on Windows, from <literal>My Computer</>,
-choose <literal>View System Information</>, and from the <literal>Advanced</>
-tab, choose <literal>Environment Variables</>, then add a user or system
-variable.
+Environment variables on Windows are set as a property of <literal>My Computer</>.
 </para>
+</hint>
 </sect1>