diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/createlang.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/createlang.sgml
index d38619e7019..f0abeeae22a 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/createlang.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/createlang.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
@@ -186,6 +186,13 @@ Postgres documentation
Use to remove a language.
+
+
+ createlang is a shell script that invokes
+ psql several times. If you have things
+ arranged so that a password prompt is required to connect, you will be
+ prompted for a password several times.
+