From 7a2f70f0e5e83871d091ee479abea4b8f850dd29 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2018 11:35:34 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] doc:  clarify pg_basebackup's -C/--create-slot description

The previous text was overly complex.

Backpatch-through: 11
---
 doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_basebackup.sgml | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_basebackup.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_basebackup.sgml
index 05cab862b7..c9f6ce4bb3 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_basebackup.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_basebackup.sgml
@@ -387,9 +387,9 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
       <term><option>--create-slot</option></term>
       <listitem>
        <para>
-        This option causes the replication slot specified by the
-        option <literal>--slot</literal> to be created before starting the
-        backup.  In this case, an error is raised if the slot already exists.
+        This option causes creation of a replication slot named by the
+        <literal>--slot</literal> option before starting the backup.
+        An error is raised if the slot already exists.
        </para>
       </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
-- 
2.40.0