Note that effective_io_concurrency only affects bitmap heap scans.

Josh Kupershmidt

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
index f178835d2b0783f69a9f9218c3d9c69a9810ae86..898cdacbb1099b961eb411e3d776c853e12c193b 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
@@ -1354,7 +1354,8 @@ SET ENABLE_SEQSCAN TO OFF;
          simultaneously.  Raising this value will increase the number of I/O
          operations that any individual <productname>PostgreSQL</> session
          attempts to initiate in parallel.  The allowed range is 1 to 1000,
-         or zero to disable issuance of asynchronous I/O requests.
+         or zero to disable issuance of asynchronous I/O requests. Currently,
+         this setting only affects bitmap heap scans.
         </para>
 
         <para>