Revert initdb --sync-only patch that had incorrect commit messages.

2 files changed, 0 insertions, 20 deletions

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
index b7df8ce6124..b56070b0fb9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
@@ -1697,15 +1697,6 @@ include 'filename'
        </para>
 
        <para>
-        For reliable recovery when changing <varname>fsync</varname>
-        off to on, it is necessary to force all modified buffers in the
-        kernel to durable storage.  This can be done while the cluster
-        is shutdown or while fsync is on by running <command>initdb
-        --sync-only</command>, running <command>sync</>, unmounting the
-        file system, or rebooting the server.
-       </para>
-
-       <para>
         In many situations, turning off <xref linkend="guc-synchronous-commit">
         for noncritical transactions can provide much of the potential
         performance benefit of turning off <varname>fsync</varname>, without
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/initdb.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/initdb.sgml
index a1e46eb4c67..08ee37e7d86 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/initdb.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/initdb.sgml
@@ -245,17 +245,6 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
      </varlistentry>
 
      <varlistentry>
-      <term><option>-S</option></term>
-      <term><option>--sync-only</option></term>
-      <listitem>
-       <para>
-        Safely write all database files to disk and exit.  This does not
-        perform any of the normal <application>initdb</> operations.
-       </para>
-      </listitem>
-     </varlistentry>
-
-     <varlistentry>
       <term><option>-T <replaceable>CFG</></option></term>
       <term><option>--text-search-config=<replaceable>CFG</></option></term>
       <listitem>