Add mention that pg_ctl will return an accurate exit code when waiting

for startup or shutdown.  We have always done this but it wasn't documented.

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_ctl-ref.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_ctl-ref.sgml
index e61b2713628e0c1eb34d5a51ab4efb014b904128..7b9caf551271214764972fc446a23d381127b65b 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_ctl-ref.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_ctl-ref.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
 
@@ -237,7 +237,9 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
         has been set in the postgresql.conf file. 
         If neither of those is used, it will use the default port that 
         PostgreSQL was compiled with 
-        (5432 by default).
+        (5432 by default). When waiting, pg_ctl will
+        return an accurate exit code based on the success of the startup 
+   or shutdown.