@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ use tokio_postgres::{Error, Socket};
2929///
3030/// ## Keys
3131///
32- /// * `user` - The username to authenticate with.Required .
32+ /// * `user` - The username to authenticate with.Defaults to the user executing this process .
3333/// * `password` - The password to authenticate with.
3434/// * `dbname` - The name of the database to connect to. Defaults to the username.
3535/// * `options` - Command line options used to configure the server.
@@ -143,15 +143,16 @@ impl Config {
143143
144144/// Sets the user to authenticate with.
145145///
146- ///Required .
146+ ///If the user is not set, then this defaults to the user executing this process .
147147pub fn user ( & mut self , user : & str ) ->& mut Config {
148148self . config . user ( user) ;
149149self
150150}
151151
152- /// Gets the user to authenticate with, if one has been configured with
153- /// the `user` method.
154- pub fn get_user ( & self ) ->Option < & str > {
152+ /// Gets the user to authenticate with.
153+ /// If no user has been configured with the [`user`](Config::user) method,
154+ /// then this defaults to the user executing this process.
155+ pub fn get_user ( & self ) ->& str {
155156self . config . get_user ( )
156157}
157158