diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/high-availability.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/high-availability.sgml index 211cc25d82e..9b4fa3a6d20 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/high-availability.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/high-availability.sgml @@ -1764,12 +1764,15 @@ LOG: database system is ready to accept read only connections - Running DROP DATABASE, ALTER DATABASE ... SET - TABLESPACE, or ALTER DATABASE ... RENAME on the primary + Running DROP DATABASE or ALTER DATABASE ... SET + TABLESPACE on the primary will generate a WAL entry that will cause all users connected to that database on the standby to be forcibly disconnected. This action occurs immediately, whatever the setting of - max_standby_streaming_delay. + max_standby_streaming_delay. Note that + ALTER DATABASE ... RENAME does not disconnect users, which + in most cases will go unnoticed, though might in some cases cause a + program confusion if it depends in some way upon database name.