diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml
index b8c9694ea5..79f30c771f 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
@@ -33,42 +33,47 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
- pg_dump is a utility for saving a
- PostgreSQL database into a script or an
- archive file. The script files are in plain-text format and
- contain the SQL commands required to reconstruct the database to
- the state it was in at the time it was saved. To restore these
- scripts, use . They can be used to
- reconstruct the database even on other machines and other
- architectures, with some modifications even on other SQL database
- products.
+ pg_dump is a utility for backing up a
+ PostgreSQL database. It makes consistent
+ backups even if the database is being used concurrently.
+ pg_dump does not block other users
+ accessing the database (readers or writers).
- Furthermore, there are alternative archive file formats
- that are meant to be used with to
- rebuild the database, and they also allow
- pg_restore to be selective about what is
- restored, or even to reorder the items prior to being restored. The
- archive files are also designed to be portable across
+ Dumps can be output in script or archive file formats. The script
+ files are in plain-text format and contain the SQL commands required
+ to reconstruct the database to the state it was in at the time it was
+ saved. To restore these scripts, use . They
+ can be used to reconstruct the database even on other machines and
+ other architectures, with some modifications even on other SQL
+ database products.
+
+
+
+ The alternative archive file formats that are meant to be used with
+ to rebuild the database, and they also
+ allow pg_restore to be selective about
+ what is restored, or even to reorder the items prior to being
+ restored. The archive files are also designed to be portable across
architectures.
When used with one of the archive file formats and combined with
- pg_restore, pg_dump provides a
- flexible archival and
+ pg_restore,
+ pg_dump provides a flexible archival and
transfer mechanism. pg_dump can be used to
- backup an entire database, then pg_restore can
- be used to examine the archive and/or select which parts of the
- database are to be restored.
- The most flexible output file format is the custom
- format (). It allows for selection and
- reordering of all archived items, and is compressed by default. The
- tar format () is not
- compressed and it is not possible to reorder data when loading, but
- it is otherwise quite flexible; moreover, it can be manipulated with
- other tools such as tar.
+ backup an entire database, then pg_restore
+ can be used to examine the archive and/or select which parts of the
+ database are to be restored. The most flexible output file format is
+ the custom format (). It allows
+ for selection and reordering of all archived items, and is compressed
+ by default. The tar format
+ () is not compressed and it is not possible to
+ reorder data when loading, but it is otherwise quite flexible;
+ moreover, it can be manipulated with other tools such as
+ tar.
@@ -77,12 +82,6 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
light of the limitations listed below.
-
- pg_dump makes consistent backups even if the
- database is being used concurrently. pg_dump
- does not block other users accessing the database (readers or
- writers).
-