doc: mention data page checksums in WAL section

Backpatch to 9.3 Adjusted patch from Ian Lawrence Barwick
12 years ago · 85317e88cc
parent 326e1d73c4
commit 85317e88cc
1 changed files with 4 additions and 3 deletions
--- a/doc/src/sgml/wal.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/wal.sgml
@ -193,9 +193,10 @@
    </listitem>
    <listitem>
     <para>
-      Data pages are not currently checksummed, though full page images recorded
-      in WAL records will be protected. Data pages have a 16-bit field available
-      for future use with a data page checksum feature.
+      Data pages are not currently checksummed by default, though full page images
+      recorded in WAL records will be protected;  see<link
+      linkend="app-initdb-data-checksums"><application>initdb</></link>
+      for details about enabling data page checksums.
     </para>
    </listitem>
    <listitem>