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1 files changed, 13 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index e930731b162..9856968997e 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -620,8 +620,8 @@ postgres 27093 0.0 0.0 30096 2752 ? Ss 11:34 0:00 postgres: ser
<row>
<entry><structfield>backend_start</></entry>
<entry><type>timestamp with time zone</></entry>
- <entry>Time when this process was started, i.e., when the
- client connected to the server
+ <entry>Time when this process was started. For client backends,
+ this is the time the client connected to the server.
</entry>
</row>
<row>
@@ -797,6 +797,17 @@ postgres 27093 0.0 0.0 30096 2752 ? Ss 11:34 0:00 postgres: ser
<xref linkend="guc-track-activity-query-size">.
</entry>
</row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><structfield>backend_type</structfield></entry>
+ <entry><type>text</type></entry>
+ <entry>Type of current backend. Possible types are
+ <literal>autovacuum launcher</>, <literal>autovacuum worker</>,
+ <literal>background worker</>, <literal>background writer</>,
+ <literal>client backend</>, <literal>checkpointer</>,
+ <literal>startup</>, <literal>walreceiver</>,
+ <literal>walsender</> and <literal>walwriter</>.
+ </entry>
+ </row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</table>