For me it seems there's a typo in protocol.sgml. I am not an English native speaker and I might be wrong though.
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/protocol.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/protocol.sgml index 4fd61d7..366b684 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/protocol.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/protocol.sgml @@ -5784,7 +5784,7 @@ StartupMessage (F) </varlistentry> </variablelist> - In addition to the above, others parameter may be listed. + In addition to the above, other parameters may be listed. Parameter names beginning with <literal>_pq_.</literal> are reserved for use as protocol extensions, while others are treated as run-time parameters to be set at backend start Best regards, -- Tatsuo Ishii SRA OSS, Inc. Japan English: http://www.sraoss.co.jp/index_en.php Japanese:http://www.sraoss.co.jp