diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml
index 575eb3be44..5d543cb67c 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml
@@ -990,7 +990,9 @@ omicron bryanh guest1
Kerberos when possible and automatically
fall back to NTLM in other cases.
SSPI authentication only works when both
- server and client are running Windows.
+ server and client are running Windows,
+ or, on non-Windows platforms, when GSSAPI
+ is available.