<term><option>--path=<replaceable>path</replaceable></option></term>
<listitem>
<para>
- Directory in which to find log segment files. The default is to search
- for them in the <literal>pg_wal</literal> subdirectory of the current
- directory.
+ Specifies a directory to search for log segment files or a
+ directory with a <literal>pg_wal</literal> subdirectory that
+ contains such files. The default is to search in the current
+ directory, the <literal>pg_wal</literal> subdirectory of the
+ current directory, and the <literal>pg_wal</literal> subdirectory
+ of <envar>PGDATA</envar>.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
printf(_(" -e, --end=RECPTR stop reading at log position RECPTR\n"));
printf(_(" -f, --follow keep retrying after reaching end of WAL\n"));
printf(_(" -n, --limit=N number of records to display\n"));
- printf(_(" -p, --path=PATH directory in which to find log segment files\n"
- " (default: ./pg_wal)\n"));
+ printf(_(" -p, --path=PATH directory in which to find log segment files or a\n"
+ " directory with a ./pg_wal that contains such files\n"
+ " (default: current directory, ./pg_wal, PGDATA/pg_wal)\n"));
printf(_(" -r, --rmgr=RMGR only show records generated by resource manager RMGR\n"
" use --rmgr=list to list valid resource manager names\n"));
printf(_(" -s, --start=RECPTR start reading at log position RECPTR\n"));