diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml
index bc68c4f616..de8c377560 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml
@@ -8133,6 +8133,8 @@ ldap://ldap.acme.com/cn=dbserver,cn=hosts?pgconnectinfo?base?(objectclass=*)
    that the <literal>libssl</literal> and/or <literal>libcrypto</literal> libraries
    have been initialized by your application, so that
    <application>libpq</application> will not also initialize those libraries.
+   However, this is unnecessary when using <productname>OpenSSL</productname>
+   version 1.1.0 or later, as duplicate initializations are no longer problematic.
   </para>
 
   <para>