*** a/doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml --- b/doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml *************** *** 859,864 **** SELECT pg_stop_backup(); --- 859,869 ---- If you used the label to identify the associated dump file, then the archived history file is enough to tell you which dump file to restore. + Note that the WAL file name in the backup history file cannot be used + to determine which WAL files are required for the backup. Because it + indicates the subsequent WAL file of the starting or ending one for + the backup, when its location is exactly at a WAL file boundary (What + is worse, sometimes it indicates a nonexistent WAL file).