<para>This option displays the currently installed
packages, for each of the databases known to
<literal>ghc-pkg</literal>. That includes the global database, the
- user's local database, and any further files
- specified using the <option>-f</option> option on the command
- line.</para>
+ user's local database (if <option>--user</option> is given), and
+ any further files specified using the <option>-f</option> option on
+ the command line.</para>
<para>Hidden packages (those for which the <literal>exposed</literal>
flag is <literal>False</literal>) are shown in parentheses in the