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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_ctl-ref.sgml | 4 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_ctl-ref.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_ctl-ref.sgml index e31275a04e2..3946fa52eab 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_ctl-ref.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_ctl-ref.sgml @@ -185,8 +185,8 @@ PostgreSQL documentation <option>stop</option> mode shuts down the server that is running in the specified data directory. Three different shutdown methods can be selected with the <option>-m</option> - option. <quote>Smart</quote> mode waits for all active - clients to disconnect and any online backup to finish. + option. <quote>Smart</quote> mode disallows new connections, then waits + for all existing clients to disconnect and any online backup to finish. If the server is in hot standby, recovery and streaming replication will be terminated once all clients have disconnected. <quote>Fast</quote> mode (the default) does not wait for clients to disconnect and |