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@@ -2931,6 +2931,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
</para>
<para>
+ For the <varname>object</varname> <literal>wal</literal>,
+ <varname>fsyncs</varname> and <varname>fsync_time</varname> track the
+ fsync activity of WAL files done in <function>issue_xlog_fsync</function>.
+ <varname>writes</varname> and <varname>write_time</varname>
+ track the write activity of WAL files done in
+ <function>XLogWrite</function>.
+ See <xref linkend="wal-configuration"/> for more information.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
<structname>pg_stat_io</structname> can be used to inform database tuning.
For example:
<itemizedlist>