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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml index 504881d5294..4f59fd19c2b 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml @@ -1692,17 +1692,13 @@ pg_dumpall -p 5432 | psql -d postgres -p 5433 </sect2> <sect2 id="upgrading-methods-other"> - <title>Other data migration methods</title> + <title>Non-Dump Upgrade Methods</title> <para> - The <filename>contrib</> program - <link linkend="pgupgrade"><application>pg_upgrade</application></link> - allows an installation to be migrated in-place from one major - <productname>PostgreSQL</> version to the next. Keep in mind that this - method does not provide any scope for running old and new versions - concurrently. Also, <application>pg_upgrade</application> is much less - battle-tested than <application>pg_dump</application>, so having an - up-to-date backup is strongly recommended in case something goes wrong. + The <link linkend="pgupgrade">pg_upgrade</link> module allows an + installation to be migrated in-place from one major + <productname>PostgreSQL</> version to the next. Upgrades can be + performed in minutes. </para> <para> |