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1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
index a4c1e84ad8a..b774fa617c2 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
@@ -2045,9 +2045,11 @@ SET ENABLE_SEQSCAN TO OFF;
for confirmation of successful replication. That delay will
increase depending upon the physical distance and network activity
between primary and standby. The commit wait will last until a
- reply from the current synchronous standby indicates it has received
- the commit record of the transaction. Synchronous standbys must
- already have been defined (see <xref linkend="guc-sync-standby-names">).
+ reply from the current synchronous standby indicates it has written
+ the commit record of the transaction to durable storage. This
+ parameter has no effect if
+ <xref linkend="guc-synchronous-standby-names"> is empty or
+ <xref linkend="guc-max-wal-senders"> is zero.
</para>
<para>
This parameter can be changed at any time; the
@@ -2062,7 +2064,7 @@ SET ENABLE_SEQSCAN TO OFF;
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
- <varlistentry id="guc-sync-standby-names" xreflabel="synchronous_standby_names">
+ <varlistentry id="guc-synchronous-standby-names" xreflabel="synchronous_standby_names">
<term><varname>synchronous_standby_names</varname> (<type>string</type>)</term>
<indexterm>
<primary><varname>synchronous_standby_names</> configuration parameter</primary>