From a5b69e30731fb623715ecf4c8073c0f2dee41678 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2025 20:44:00 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] doc: clarify "physical" replication slot creation on the
 primary

Previously it was not clear that "physical" replication slots were being
discussed, and that they needed to be created on the primary and not the
standby.

Backpatch-through: master
---
 doc/src/sgml/high-availability.sgml | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/high-availability.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/high-availability.sgml
index 742deb037b7..3c79d4b5e0c 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/high-availability.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/high-availability.sgml
@@ -918,13 +918,13 @@ primary_conninfo = 'host=192.168.1.50 port=5432 user=foo password=foopass'
   </sect2>
 
   <sect2 id="streaming-replication-slots">
-   <title>Replication Slots</title>
+   <title>Physical Replication Slots</title>
    <indexterm>
     <primary>replication slot</primary>
     <secondary>streaming replication</secondary>
    </indexterm>
    <para>
-    Replication slots provide an automated way to ensure that the
+    Physical replication slots provide an automated way to ensure that the
     primary server does
     not remove WAL segments until they have been received by all standbys,
     and that the primary does not remove rows which could cause a
@@ -978,7 +978,7 @@ primary_conninfo = 'host=192.168.1.50 port=5432 user=foo password=foopass'
    <sect3 id="streaming-replication-slots-config">
     <title>Configuration Example</title>
     <para>
-     You can create a replication slot like this:
+     You can create a physical replication slot on the primary like this:
 <programlisting>
 postgres=# SELECT * FROM pg_create_physical_replication_slot('node_a_slot');
   slot_name  | lsn
-- 
2.39.5