1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d0ee97e..8be957f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -69,7 +69,8 @@ since they are of little use with HTML 5 forms.
 
 Presence of `auth=on` in the URL query requires HTTP basic
 authentication, and the provided credentials are used directly for
-PostgreSQL authentication.
+PostgreSQL authentication. HTTP authentication also gets requested if
+a database failure was password-related.
 
 ### Web server