diff --git a/postgres/salt-and-hash-a-password-with-pgcrypto.md b/postgres/salt-and-hash-a-password-with-pgcrypto.md
index 0757214..fa05071 100644
--- a/postgres/salt-and-hash-a-password-with-pgcrypto.md
+++ b/postgres/salt-and-hash-a-password-with-pgcrypto.md
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@ select crypt('pa$$w0rd', gen_salt('bf'));
  f
 ```
 
+The salt value is generated using the blowfish encryption algorithm (hence,
+the `'bf'`). There is support for other algorithms such as `md5`.
+
 See the
 [`pgcrypt` documentation](http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/pgcrypto.html) for
 more details.