doc: improve text around consistency of statistics values

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAKFQuwZ4CXtTyR19vFbd9WwmW-4BvgAenmF2CfUpx0LWwRPGYg@mail.gmail.com

Author: David G. Johnston

Backpatch-through: master

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/maintenance.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/maintenance.sgml
index 9389eef973d081ef3eff586c768d887082df0513..2bfa05b8bc02c09d3fa6392a96b44cd9407d6015 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/maintenance.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/maintenance.sgml
@@ -924,10 +924,9 @@ vacuum insert threshold = vacuum base insert threshold + vacuum insert scale fac
     <xref linkend="reloption-autovacuum-freeze-min-age"/> as this may allow
     tuples to be frozen by earlier vacuums.  The number of obsolete tuples and
     the number of inserted tuples are obtained from the cumulative statistics system;
-    it is a semi-accurate count updated by each <command>UPDATE</command>,
-    <command>DELETE</command> and <command>INSERT</command> operation.  (It is
-    only semi-accurate because some information might be lost under heavy
-    load.)  If the <structfield>relfrozenxid</structfield> value of the table
+    it is an eventually-consistent count updated by each <command>UPDATE</command>,
+    <command>DELETE</command> and <command>INSERT</command> operation.
+    If the <structfield>relfrozenxid</structfield> value of the table
     is more than <varname>vacuum_freeze_table_age</varname> transactions old,
     an aggressive vacuum is performed to freeze old tuples and advance
     <structfield>relfrozenxid</structfield>; otherwise, only pages that have been modified