From fb2e7694af860583a90852e44774bf408793aa95 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2008 22:21:16 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Clarify documentation that journaling is not required for WAL
 or data files.

---
 doc/src/sgml/wal.sgml | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/wal.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/wal.sgml
index 15cd5baec3..64b76ae9d3 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/wal.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/wal.sgml
@@ -138,8 +138,8 @@
    <tip>
     <para>
      Because <acronym>WAL</acronym> restores database file
-     contents after a crash, it is not necessary to use a
-     journaled filesystem for reliability.  In fact, journaling
+     contents after a crash, journaled filesystems are necessary for
+     reliable storage of the data files or WAL files.  In fact, journaling
      overhead can reduce performance, especially if journaling
      causes file system <emphasis>data</emphasis> to be flushed
      to disk.  Fortunately, data flushing during journaling can
-- 
2.39.5