Reorder pg_ctl promote after pg_ctl status

Since start/stop/restart/reload/status is a kind of standard command
set, it seems odd to insert the special-purpose "promote" in between
the closely related "restart" and "reload".  So put it after "status"
in code and documentation.

Put the documentation of the -U option in some sensible place.

Rewrite the synopsis sentence in help and documentation to make it
less of a growing mouthful.

1 files changed, 21 insertions, 21 deletions

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_ctl-ref.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_ctl-ref.sgml
index 36d7200cb4c..ba2646c4c44 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_ctl-ref.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_ctl-ref.sgml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
 
  <refnamediv>
   <refname>pg_ctl</refname>
-  <refpurpose>initialize, start, stop, or restart a <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> server</refpurpose>
+  <refpurpose>initialize, start, stop, or control a <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> server</refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>
 
  <indexterm zone="app-pg-ctl">
@@ -77,21 +77,21 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
 
   <cmdsynopsis>
    <command>pg_ctl</command>
-   <arg choice="plain">promote</arg>
+   <arg choice="plain">reload</arg>
    <arg>-s</arg>
    <arg>-D <replaceable>datadir</replaceable></arg>
   </cmdsynopsis>
 
   <cmdsynopsis>
    <command>pg_ctl</command>
-   <arg choice="plain">reload</arg>
-   <arg>-s</arg>
+   <arg choice="plain">status</arg>
    <arg>-D <replaceable>datadir</replaceable></arg>
   </cmdsynopsis>
 
   <cmdsynopsis>
    <command>pg_ctl</command>
-   <arg choice="plain">status</arg>
+   <arg choice="plain">promote</arg>
+   <arg>-s</arg>
    <arg>-D <replaceable>datadir</replaceable></arg>
   </cmdsynopsis>
 
@@ -191,12 +191,6 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
   </para>
 
   <para>
-   In <option>promote</option> mode, the standby server that is
-   running in the specified data directory is commanded to exit
-   recovery and begin read-write operations.
-  </para>
-
-  <para>
    <option>reload</option> mode simply sends the
    <command>postgres</command> process a <systemitem>SIGHUP</>
    signal, causing it to reread its configuration files
@@ -214,6 +208,12 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
   </para>
 
   <para>
+   In <option>promote</option> mode, the standby server that is
+   running in the specified data directory is commanded to exit
+   recovery and begin read-write operations.
+  </para>
+
+  <para>
    <option>kill</option> mode allows you to send a signal to a specified
     process.  This is particularly valuable for <productname>Microsoft Windows</>
     which does not have a <application>kill</> command.  Use
@@ -397,16 +397,6 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
     </varlistentry>
 
     <varlistentry>
-     <term><option>-U <replaceable class="parameter">username</replaceable></option></term>
-     <listitem>
-      <para>
-       User name for the user to start the service. For domain users, use the
-       format <literal>DOMAIN\username</literal>.
-      </para>
-     </listitem>
-    </varlistentry>
-
-    <varlistentry>
      <term><option>-P <replaceable class="parameter">password</replaceable></option></term>
      <listitem>
       <para>
@@ -426,6 +416,16 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
       </para>
      </listitem>
     </varlistentry>
+
+    <varlistentry>
+     <term><option>-U <replaceable class="parameter">username</replaceable></option></term>
+     <listitem>
+      <para>
+       User name for the user to start the service. For domain users, use the
+       format <literal>DOMAIN\username</literal>.
+      </para>
+     </listitem>
+    </varlistentry>
    </variablelist>
   </refsect2>