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<para>
Only calculate statistics for use by the optimizer (no vacuum),
- like <option>--analyze-only</option>. Run several (currently three)
+ like <option>--analyze-only</option>. Run three
stages of analyze; the first stage uses the lowest possible statistics
target (see <xref linkend="guc-default-statistics-target"/>)
to produce usable statistics faster, and subsequent stages build the
</para>
<para>
- This option is only useful to analyze a database that current has
- no statistics or wholly incorrect ones, such as if it is newly
+ This option is only useful to analyze a database that currently has
+ no statistics or has wholly incorrect ones, such as if it is newly
populated from a restored dump or by <command>pg_upgrade</command>.
- Be aware that running this option in a database with existing
+ Be aware that running with this option in a database with existing
statistics may cause the query optimizer choices to become
transiently worse due to the low statistics targets of the early
stages.