diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml index 67e722f757..4b351695a4 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml @@ -2103,7 +2103,7 @@ SET ENABLE_SEQSCAN TO OFF; this standby server confirms receipt of their data. The synchronous standby will be the first standby named in this list that is both currently connected and streaming data in real-time - (as shown by a state of STREAMING in the + (as shown by a state of streaming in the pg_stat_replication view). Other standby servers appearing later in this list represent potential diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/high-availability.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/high-availability.sgml index c1680301d3..8bcdc07a76 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/high-availability.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/high-availability.sgml @@ -1088,14 +1088,14 @@ primary_conninfo = 'host=192.168.1.50 port=5432 user=foo password=foopass' When a standby first attaches to the primary, it will not yet be properly - synchronized. This is described as CATCHUP mode. Once + synchronized. This is described as catchup mode. Once the lag between standby and primary reaches zero for the first time - we move to real-time STREAMING state. + we move to real-time streaming state. The catch-up duration may be long immediately after the standby has been created. If the standby is shut down, then the catch-up period will increase according to the length of time the standby has been down. The standby is only able to become a synchronous standby - once it has reached STREAMING state. + once it has reached streaming state.