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commit    85317e88ccae270ef77bd01c2d3d55a900df2d72
Author:   Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
Date:     Sat Feb 01 00:04:37 2014 +0000
First released in: 9.4.0, 9.3.3

    doc: mention data page checksums in WAL section
    
    Backpatch to 9.3
    
    Adjusted patch from Ian Lawrence Barwick


 doc/src/sgml/wal.sgml | 7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/wal.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/wal.sgml
index 059697e2b33..c72253227e4 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/wal.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/wal.sgml
@@ -193,9 +193,10 @@
     </listitem>
     <listitem>
      <para>
-      Data pages are not currently checksummed, though full page images recorded
-      in WAL records will be protected. Data pages have a 16-bit field available
-      for future use with a data page checksum feature.
+      Data pages are not currently checksummed by default, though full page images
+      recorded in WAL records will be protected;  see<link
+      linkend="app-initdb-data-checksums"><application>initdb</></link>
+      for details about enabling data page checksums.
      </para>
     </listitem>
     <listitem>


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