doc: mention that intervening major releases can be skipped

Also mention that you should read the intervening major releases notes.
This change was also applied to the website.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/20210330144949[email protected]

Backpatch-through: 9.6

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml
index e423aec9b5cf3d47ba7adcd7f810bcbf8457620a..b2b5a0929252d7f038f13036ca9c2e328123ad12 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml
@@ -1758,9 +1758,9 @@ $ kill -INT `head -1 /usr/local/pgsql/data/postmaster.pid`
    incompatibilities, so application programming changes might be required.
    All user-visible changes are listed in the release notes (
    linkend="release"/>);  pay particular attention to the section
-   labeled "Migration".  If you are upgrading across several major
-   versions, be sure to read the release notes for each intervening
-   version.
+   labeled "Migration".  Though you can upgrade from one major version
+   to another without upgrading to intervening versions, you should read
+   the major release notes of all intervening versions.