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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dumpall.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dumpall.sgml index 43f384ed16a..8ca68da5a55 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dumpall.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dumpall.sgml @@ -16,7 +16,10 @@ PostgreSQL documentation <refnamediv> <refname>pg_dumpall</refname> - <refpurpose>extract a <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> database cluster using a specified dump format</refpurpose> + + <refpurpose> + export a <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> database cluster as an SQL script or to other formats + </refpurpose> </refnamediv> <refsynopsisdiv> @@ -33,7 +36,7 @@ PostgreSQL documentation <para> <application>pg_dumpall</application> is a utility for writing out (<quote>dumping</quote>) all <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> databases - of a cluster into an archive. The archive contains + of a cluster into an SQL script file or an archive. The output contains <acronym>SQL</acronym> commands that can be used as input to <xref linkend="app-psql"/> to restore the databases. It does this by calling <xref linkend="app-pgdump"/> for each database in the cluster. |