diff --git a/src/backend/libpq/pg_hba.conf.sample b/src/backend/libpq/pg_hba.conf.sample
index a4d489365b793312911f5244d27d891ec7f49072..44010c7b9c55534b29575c0dfd8da512669dbddf 100644
--- a/src/backend/libpq/pg_hba.conf.sample
+++ b/src/backend/libpq/pg_hba.conf.sample
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@
 #host         template1   192.168.12.10 255.255.255.255    crypt
 # 
 # The above allows a user from host 192.168.12.10 to connect to
-# database template1 if the password assigned to that user is
+# database template1 if the user's password in pg_shadow is
 # supplied. User passwords are optionally assigned when a 
 # user is created.
 #