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diff --git a/src/backend/libpq/pg_ident.conf.sample b/src/backend/libpq/pg_ident.conf.sample
index 6f0de64910..4471d56e13 100644
--- a/src/backend/libpq/pg_ident.conf.sample
+++ b/src/backend/libpq/pg_ident.conf.sample
@@ -5,18 +5,18 @@
# Authentication" for a complete description. A short synopsis
# follows.
#
-# This file controls PostgreSQL ident-based authentication. It maps
-# ident user names (typically Unix user names) to their corresponding
+# This file controls PostgreSQL username mapping. It maps
+# external user names to their corresponding
# PostgreSQL user names. Records are of the form:
#
-# MAPNAME IDENT-USERNAME PG-USERNAME
+# MAPNAME SYSTEM-USERNAME PG-USERNAME
#
# (The uppercase quantities must be replaced by actual values.)
#
# MAPNAME is the (otherwise freely chosen) map name that was used in
-# pg_hba.conf. IDENT-USERNAME is the detected user name of the
+# pg_hba.conf. SYSTEM-USERNAME is the detected user name of the
# client. PG-USERNAME is the requested PostgreSQL user name. The
-# existence of a record specifies that IDENT-USERNAME may connect as
+# existence of a record specifies that SYSTEM-USERNAME may connect as
# PG-USERNAME. Multiple maps may be specified in this file and used
# by pg_hba.conf.
#
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@
# Put your actual configuration here
# ----------------------------------
#
-# No map names are defined in the default configuration. If all ident
+# No map names are defined in the default configuration. If all system
# user names and PostgreSQL user names are the same, you don't need
# this file.
-# MAPNAME IDENT-USERNAME PG-USERNAME
+# MAPNAME SYSTEM-USERNAME PG-USERNAME