diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml
index c2114021c3..1e456e7796 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml
@@ -603,8 +603,9 @@ hostnossl  <replaceable>database</replaceable>  <replaceable>user</replaceable>
    <systemitem>SIGHUP</systemitem><indexterm><primary>SIGHUP</primary></indexterm>
    signal. If you edit the file on an
    active system, you will need to signal the postmaster
-   (using <literal>pg_ctl reload</literal> or <literal>kill -HUP</literal>) to make it
-   re-read the file.
+   (using <literal>pg_ctl reload</literal>, calling the SQL function
+   <function>pg_reload_conf()</function>, or using <literal>kill
+   -HUP</literal>) to make it re-read the file.
   </para>
 
   <note>
@@ -821,8 +822,9 @@ mymap   /^(.*)@otherdomain\.com$   guest
    <systemitem>SIGHUP</systemitem><indexterm><primary>SIGHUP</primary></indexterm>
    signal. If you edit the file on an
    active system, you will need to signal the postmaster
-   (using <literal>pg_ctl reload</literal> or <literal>kill -HUP</literal>) to make it
-   re-read the file.
+   (using <literal>pg_ctl reload</literal>, calling the SQL function
+   <function>pg_reload_conf()</function>, or using <literal>kill
+   -HUP</literal>) to make it re-read the file.
   </para>
 
   <para>