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Values set with <command>ALTER SYSTEM</command> will be effective after
- the next server configuration reload (<systemitem>SIGHUP</>
- or <literal>pg_ctl reload</>), or after the next server restart in the
- case of parameters that can only be changed at server start.
+ the next server configuration reload, or after the next server restart
+ in the case of parameters that can only be changed at server start.
+ A server configuration reload can be commanded by calling the SQL
+ function <function>pg_reload_conf()</>, running <literal>pg_ctl reload</>,
+ or sending a <systemitem>SIGHUP</> signal to the main server process.
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