diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/wal.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/wal.sgml index c66ae291e0..f0c2260ed9 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/wal.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/wal.sgml @@ -422,12 +422,10 @@ linkend="guc-checkpoint-segments"> log segments, or every seconds, whichever comes first. The default settings are 3 segments and 300 seconds (5 minutes), respectively. - In cases where little or no WAL has been written, checkpoints will be - skipped even if checkpoint_timeout has passed. At least one new WAL segment - must have been created before an automatic checkpoint occurs. The time - between checkpoints and when new WAL segments are created are not related - in any other way. If file-based WAL shipping is being used and you want to - bound how often files are sent to standby server to reduce potential data + In cases where no WAL has been written since the previous checkpoint, new + checkpoints will be skipped even if checkpoint_timeout has passed. + If WAL archiving is being used and you want to put a lower limit on + how often files are archived in order to bound potential data loss, you should adjust archive_timeout parameter rather than the checkpoint parameters. It is also possible to force a checkpoint by using the SQL command CHECKPOINT.