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-rw-r--r--doc/src/sgml/bgworker.sgml5
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/bgworker.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/bgworker.sgml
index 1151161a848..b0dde7564d8 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/bgworker.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/bgworker.sgml
@@ -64,7 +64,10 @@ typedef struct BackgroundWorker
<literal>BGWORKER_SHMEM_ACCESS</literal> (requesting shared memory access)
and <literal>BGWORKER_BACKEND_DATABASE_CONNECTION</literal> (requesting the
ability to establish a database connection, through which it can later run
- transactions and queries).
+ transactions and queries). A background worker using
+ <literal>BGWORKER_BACKEND_DATABASE_CONNECTION</literal> to connect to
+ a database must also attach shared memory using
+ <literal>BGWORKER_SHMEM_ACCESS</literal>, or worker start-up will fail.
</para>
<para>