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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pgupgrade.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pgupgrade.sgml index 7bdd85c5cff..9ef7a84eed0 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pgupgrade.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pgupgrade.sgml @@ -533,12 +533,11 @@ NET STOP postgresql-&majorversion; </para> <para> - The <option>--jobs</option> option allows multiple CPU cores to be used - for copying/linking of files, dumping and restoring database schemas - in parallel, etc.; a good place to start is the maximum of the number of - CPU cores and tablespaces. This option can dramatically reduce the - time to upgrade a multi-database server running on a multiprocessor - machine. + Setting <option>--jobs</option> to 2 or higher allows pg_upgrade to + process multiple databases and tablespaces in parallel. A good starting + point is the number of CPU cores on the machine. This option can + substantially reduce the upgrade time for multi-database and + multi-tablespace servers. </para> <para> |