diff --git a/doc/repmgr-standby-promote.sgml b/doc/repmgr-standby-promote.sgml
index 4b31cc39..a68a4dda 100644
--- a/doc/repmgr-standby-promote.sgml
+++ b/doc/repmgr-standby-promote.sgml
@@ -17,18 +17,49 @@
Promotes a standby to a primary if the current primary has failed. This
command requires a valid repmgr.conf file for the standby, either
- specified explicitly with -f/--config-file or located in a
+ specified explicitly with -f/--config-file or located in a
default location; no additional arguments are required.
+
+
+ If &repmgrd; is active, you must execute
+ repmgr daemon pause
+ to temporarily disable &repmgrd; while making any changes
+ to the replication cluster.
+
+
+
If the standby promotion succeeds, the server will not need to be
- restarted. However any other standbys will need to follow the new server,
- by using ; if &repmgrd;
- is active, it will handle this automatically.
+ restarted. However any other standbys will need to follow the new primary,
+ and will need to be restarted to do this.
- Note that &repmgr; will wait for up to promote_check_timeout seconds
- (default: 60 seconds) to verify that the standby has been promoted, and will
+ Beginning with repmgr 4.4,
+ the option can be used to have
+ all other standbys follow the new primary.
+
+
+
+
+ If using &repmgrd;, when invoking
+ repmgr standby promote (either directly via
+ the , or in a script called
+ via ),
+ must not be included as a
+ command line option for repmgr standby promote.
+
+
+
+
+ In repmgr 4.3 and earlier,
+ repmgr standby follow
+ must be executed on each standby individually.
+
+
+
+ &repmgr; will wait for up to promote_check_timeout seconds
+ (default: 60) to verify that the standby has been promoted, and will
check the promotion every promote_check_interval seconds (default: 1 second).
Both values can be defined in repmgr.conf.
@@ -72,13 +103,31 @@
Options
+
- Check if this node can be promoted, but don't carry out the promotion
+ Check if this node can be promoted, but don't carry out the promotion.
+
+
+
+
+
+ Have all sibling nodes (nodes formerly attached to the same upstream
+ node as the promotion candidate) follow this node after it has been promoted.
+
+
+
+ Do not provide this option when configuring
+ &repmgrd;'s .
+
+
+
+
+