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-rw-r--r--doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml3
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml
index f2bbff7bdb8..274d1673eef 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml
@@ -903,7 +903,8 @@ SELECT * FROM pg_stop_backup(false, true);
<filename>backup_label</> in the root directory of the backup. The
third field should be written to a file named
<filename>tablespace_map</> unless the field is empty. These files are
- vital to the backup working, and must be written without modification.
+ vital to the backup working and must be written byte for byte without
+ modification, which may require opening the file in binary mode.
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