While it appears that the docs and utility are logically consistent, this is SO counter-intuitive.
I was just scanning the man page from top to bottom, looking for a way to show all tables...
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml
index 8533c29..d704776 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml
@@ -877,7 +877,7 @@ testdb=>
If <command>\d</command> is used without a
<replaceable class="parameter">pattern</replaceable> argument, it is
equivalent to <command>\dtvs</command> which will show a list of
- all tables, views, and sequences. This is purely a convenience
+ all visible tables, views, and sequences. This is purely a convenience
measure.
</para>
</note>
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