doc: clarify pg_basebackup's -C/--create-slot description

The previous text was overly complex.

Backpatch-through: 11

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_basebackup.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_basebackup.sgml
index 05cab862b7caf44163793c2878d625edb1aaf2e0..c9f6ce4bb33605e833ef84c9d00508ee80383b66 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_basebackup.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_basebackup.sgml
@@ -387,9 +387,9 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
       --create-slot
       
        
-        This option causes the replication slot specified by the
-        option --slot to be created before starting the
-        backup.  In this case, an error is raised if the slot already exists.
+        This option causes creation of a replication slot named by the
+        --slot option before starting the backup.
+        An error is raised if the slot already exists.