From a4a956593c0d17c11765f9687a224236ee0f3050 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ian Barwick <ian@2ndquadrant.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2018 13:53:21 +0900
Subject: [PATCH] doc: clarify when "standby follow" can be used.

The unqualified wording previously implied that any running server could
be rejoined with "standby follow", which is not the case with a
"split brain" primary.
---
 doc/repmgr-node-rejoin.sgml | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/repmgr-node-rejoin.sgml b/doc/repmgr-node-rejoin.sgml
index fd9928af..9a09db2c 100644
--- a/doc/repmgr-node-rejoin.sgml
+++ b/doc/repmgr-node-rejoin.sgml
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@
         If the node is running and needs to be attached to the current primary, use
         <xref linkend="repmgr-standby-follow">.
       </para>
+      <para>
+        Note <xref linkend="repmgr-standby-follow"> can only be used for standbys which have not diverged
+        from the rest of the cluster.
+      </para>
     </tip>
   </refsect1>