diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_checksums.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_checksums.sgml index 45890324075..d1048d43f11 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_checksums.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_checksums.sgml @@ -38,17 +38,22 @@ PostgreSQL documentation pg_checksums checks, enables or disables data checksums in a PostgreSQL cluster. The server - must be shut down cleanly before running - pg_checksums. When verifying checksums, the exit + must be shut down cleanly before running pg_checksums. + Checksums can also be enabled while the cluster is running using + processing, see + for further details on the different approaches. + When verifying checksums, the exit status is zero if there are no checksum errors, and nonzero if at least one checksum failure is detected. When enabling or disabling checksums, the exit status is nonzero if the operation failed. - When enabling checksums, if checksums were in the process of being enabled - when the cluster was shut down, pg_checksums - will still process all relations regardless of the online processing. + When enabling checksums with pg_checksums, if + checksums were in the process of being enabled using + when the cluster was shut + down, pg_checksums will still process all relation + files regardless of progress of the online processing. diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/wal.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/wal.sgml index c32931edde3..646076f7e39 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/wal.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/wal.sgml @@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ - + Online Enabling of Checksums