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<chapter id="libpq">
<replaceable>hostname</replaceable>:<replaceable>port</replaceable>:<replaceable>database</replaceable>:<replaceable>username</replaceable>:<replaceable>password</replaceable>
</synopsis>
Each of the first four fields may be a literal value, or <literal>*</literal>,
-which
-matches anything. The password field from the first line that matches the
+which matches anything. The password field from the first line that matches the
current connection parameters will be used. (Therefore, put more-specific
entries first when you are using wildcards.)
If an entry needs to contain <literal>:</literal> or
<literal>\</literal>, escape this character with <literal>\</literal>.
+A hostname of <literal>localhost</> matches both <literal>host</> (TCP)
+and <literal>local</> (Unix domain socket) connections coming from the
+local machine.
</para>
<para>