From f3d5a4a7b0d84f6e4fdf159cf0e1647021d36980 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ian Barwick <ian@2ndquadrant.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2015 21:35:42 +0900
Subject: [PATCH] Clarify pg_basebackup vs rsync

---
 README.md | 7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 584a349d..4c681515 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -351,9 +351,10 @@ its port if is different from the default one.
     Provide the `-D/--data-dir` option to specify the destination data
     directory; if not, the same directory path as on the source server
     will be used. By default, `pg_basebackup` will be used to copy data
-    from the master or upstream node but this can only be used for new
-    installations. To update an existing but 'stale' data directory,
-    `rsync` must be used by specifying `--rsync-only`. In this case,
+    from the master or upstream node but this can only be used for
+    bootstrapping new installations. To update an existing but 'stale'
+    data directory (for example belonging to a failed master), `rsync`
+    must be used by specifying `--rsync-only`. In this case,
     password-less SSH connections between servers are required.