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-rw-r--r--doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml12
-rw-r--r--doc/src/sgml/ref/create_role.sgml7
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml
index 97e5ecf686e..ef7054cf268 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml
@@ -1326,10 +1326,8 @@
<entry><structfield>rolreplication</structfield></entry>
<entry><type>bool</type></entry>
<entry>
- Role is a replication role. That is, this role can initiate streaming
- replication (see <xref linkend="streaming-replication">) and set/unset
- the system backup mode using <function>pg_start_backup</> and
- <function>pg_stop_backup</>
+ Role is a replication role. A replication role can initiate replication
+ connections and create and drop replication slots.
</entry>
</row>
@@ -9852,10 +9850,8 @@ SELECT * FROM pg_locks pl LEFT JOIN pg_prepared_xacts ppx
<entry><type>bool</type></entry>
<entry></entry>
<entry>
- Role is a replication role. That is, this role can initiate streaming
- replication (see <xref linkend="streaming-replication">) and set/unset
- the system backup mode using <function>pg_start_backup</> and
- <function>pg_stop_backup</>
+ Role is a replication role. A replication role can initiate replication
+ connections and create and drop replication slots.
</entry>
</row>
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_role.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_role.sgml
index 4881e544391..36772b678a8 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_role.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_role.sgml
@@ -167,8 +167,11 @@ CREATE ROLE <replaceable class="PARAMETER">name</replaceable> [ [ WITH ] <replac
<term><literal>NOREPLICATION</literal></term>
<listitem>
<para>
- These clauses determine whether a role is allowed to initiate
- streaming replication or put the system in and out of backup mode.
+ These clauses determine whether a role is a replication role. A role
+ must have this attribute (or be a superuser) in order to be able to
+ connect to the server in replication mode (physical or logical
+ replication) and in order to be able to create or drop replication
+ slots.
A role having the <literal>REPLICATION</> attribute is a very
highly privileged role, and should only be used on roles actually
used for replication. If not specified,