<xref linkend="guc-synchronous-standby-names"> must be set to
a non-empty value. <varname>synchronous_commit</> must also be set to
<literal>on</>, but since this is the default value, typically no change is
- required. This configuration will cause each commit to wait for
+ required. (See <xref linkend="runtime-config-wal-settings"> and
+ <xref linkend="runtime-config-replication-master">.)
+ This configuration will cause each commit to wait for
confirmation that the standby has written the commit record to durable
storage, even if that takes a very long time.
<varname>synchronous_commit</> can be set by individual