diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/sslinfo.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/sslinfo.sgml
index cda09aaafd2..0fde0fc10e0 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/sslinfo.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/sslinfo.sgml
@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@
   will return NULL) if the current connection does not use SSL.
  </para>
 
+ <para>
+  Some of the information available through this module can also be obtained
+  using the built-in system view <xref linkend="pg-stat-ssl-view"/>.
+ </para>
+
  <para>
   This extension won't build at all unless the installation was
   configured with <literal>--with-openssl</literal>.