Document that pg_basebackup will create its output directory

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--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_basebackup.sgml
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@ -122,6 +122,9 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
      <listitem>
       <para>
        Directory to write the output to.
+        <application>pg_basebackup</application> will create the directory and
+        any parent directories if necessary.  The directory may already exist,
+        but it is an error if the directory already exists and is not empty.
       </para>
       <para>
        When the backup is in tar mode, and the directory is specified as