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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_rewind.sgml | 10 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_rewind.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_rewind.sgml index fbf454803b5..42d29edd4e9 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_rewind.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_rewind.sgml @@ -169,12 +169,14 @@ PostgreSQL documentation <term><option>--no-ensure-shutdown</option></term> <listitem> <para> - <application>pg_rewind</application> verifies that the target server - is cleanly shutdown before rewinding; by default, if it isn't, it - starts the server in single-user mode to complete crash recovery. + <application>pg_rewind</application> requires that the target server + is cleanly shut down before rewinding. By default, if the target server + is not shut down cleanly, <application>pg_rewind</application> starts + the target server in single-user mode to complete crash recovery first, + and stops it. By passing this option, <application>pg_rewind</application> skips this and errors out immediately if the server is not cleanly shut - down. Users are expected to handle the situation themselves in that + down. Users are expected to handle the situation themselves in that case. </para> </listitem> |