diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml
index a0d97ffbac3e08c955a24527a15d757fd12fd5c4..960f5b5871f3385fc03fe8fedca4c56aded703f3 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml
@@ -711,7 +711,7 @@ local   db1,db2,@demodbs  all                                   md5
   <para>
    When using an external authentication system such as Ident or GSSAPI,
    the name of the operating system user that initiated the connection
-   might not be the same as the database user that is to be connect as.
+   might not be the same as the database user (role) that is to be used.
    In this case, a user name map can be applied to map the operating system
    user name to a database user.  To use user name mapping, specify
    <literal>map</literal>=<replaceable>map-name</replaceable>