Mention ps environment flag, not just -e.

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/libpq++.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/libpq++.sgml
index 2c52109f10ce17aafc7d5b333e789cf443f09a83..53905532dc6dfee673840ff9b2f97ebc8f451702 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/libpq++.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/libpq++.sgml
@@ -111,8 +111,8 @@ $Header$
        <envar>PGPASSWORD</envar>
        sets the password used if the backend demands password
        authentication. This is not recommended because the password can
-       be read by others using <command>ps e</command> on some
-       platforms.
+       be read by others using a <command>ps</command> environment flag
+       on some platforms.
        </para>
       </listitem>
       <listitem>

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml
index c8bfcd54faa394b297818bb6b35a9b763fd58b77..e7535393ca23160f4e6b7e254f9f1d8ffcd934bc 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml
@@ -2015,7 +2015,8 @@ sets the user name used to connect to the database and for authentication.
 <envar>PGPASSWORD</envar>
 sets the password used if the backend demands password
 authentication. This is not recommended because the password can
-be read by others using <command>ps e</command> on some platforms.
+be read by others using a <command>ps</command> environment flag
+on some platforms.
 </para>
 </listitem>
 <listitem>