Document that pg_reload_conf() is also an easy way to reload the

configuration file.

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
index 7727ea7f89cf76e9fe7dbd0ced57f18dde387278..59902ed86cc87a3c33ae7c40db1125f5066985b0 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
@@ -116,9 +116,10 @@ include 'filename'
       SIGHUP
      
      The configuration file is reread whenever the main server process
-     receives a
-     SIGHUP signal (which is most easily sent by means
-     of pg_ctl reload). The main server process
+     receives a SIGHUP signal;  this is most easily done by
+     running pg_ctl reload from the command-line or by calling
+     the SQL function pg_reload_conf()). The main
+     server process
      also propagates this signal to all currently running server
      processes so that existing sessions also get the new
      value. Alternatively, you can send the signal to a single server