From 4c00960772237325bcdf75f1a068c712e392a69b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2025 10:45:59 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] doc:  clarify that logical slots track transaction activity

Previously it only mentioned WAL retention.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/pexmenhqptw5h4ma4qasz3cvjtynivxprqifgghdjtmkxdig2g@djg7bk2p6pts

Backpatch-through: master
---
 doc/src/sgml/logical-replication.sgml | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/logical-replication.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/logical-replication.sgml
index 8a9674bd6d1..aa013f348d4 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/logical-replication.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/logical-replication.sgml
@@ -225,8 +225,9 @@
   </para>
 
   <para>
-   By default a new subscription creates a logical replication slot on the
-   publisher and then uses this slot to preserve necessary WAL (see <xref
+   By default a new subscription creates a logical replication slot on
+   the publisher and then uses this slot to track relevant transaction
+   activity and preserve necessary WAL (see <xref
    linkend="streaming-replication-slots"/>).  Additional replication
    slots may be required for the initial data synchronization of
    pre-existing table data and those will be dropped at the end of data
-- 
2.39.5