doc: clarify who owns the initdb-created cluster, by default

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/[email protected]

Backpatch-through: 16

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/initdb.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/initdb.sgml
index d43c91575c01dd8b6ad9941a5c71e93642aa239b..cd75cae10e23a1e557048df834d795f91c1456c5 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/initdb.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/initdb.sgml
@@ -417,10 +417,10 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
       <term><option>--username=<replaceable class="parameter">username</replaceable></option></term>
       <listitem>
        <para>
-        Selects the user name of the
+        Sets the user name of the
         <glossterm linkend="glossary-bootstrap-superuser">bootstrap superuser</glossterm>.
-        This defaults to the name of the
-        <glossterm linkend="glossary-cluster-owner">cluster owner</glossterm>.
+        This defaults to the name of the operating-system user running
+        <command>initdb</command>.
        </para>
       </listitem>
      </varlistentry>