Rephrase the documentation on pg_receivexlog --synchronous option.

The old wording talked about a "sync command", meaining fsync(), but it was not very clear.
11 years ago · 507627f5b5
parent efba7a542f
commit 507627f5b5
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--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_receivexlog.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_receivexlog.sgml
@ -139,9 +139,9 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
      <term><option>--synchronous</option></term>
      <listitem>
       <para>
-        Issue sync commands as soon as there is WAL data which has not been
-        flushed yet. Also status packets are sent back to the server just after
-        WAL data is flushed whatever <literal>--status-interval</> is set to.
+        Flush the WAL data to disk immediately after it has been received. Also
+        send a status packet back to the server immediately after flushing,
+        regardless of <literal>--status-interval</>.
       </para>
      </listitem>
     </varlistentry>