@@ -1635,16 +1635,27 @@ that cannot support <literal>tls-unique</literal> for some reason.
16351635
16361636<para>
16371637To initiate streaming replication, the frontend sends the
1638- <literal>replication</literal> parameter in the startup message. A Boolean value
1639- of <literal>true</literal> tells the backend to go into walsender mode, wherein a
1640- small set of replication commands can be issued instead of SQL statements. Only
1641- the simple query protocol can be used in walsender mode.
1642- Replication commands are logged in the server log when
1643- <xref linkend="guc-log-replication-commands"/> is enabled.
1644- Passing <literal>database</literal> as the value instructs walsender to connect to
1645- the database specified in the <literal>dbname</literal> parameter, which will allow
1646- the connection to be used for logical replication from that database.
1638+ <literal>replication</literal> parameter in the startup message. A Boolean
1639+ value of <literal>true</literal> (or <literal>on</literal>,
1640+ <literal>yes</literal>, <literal>1</literal>) tells the backend to go into
1641+ physical replication walsender mode, wherein a small set of replication
1642+ commands, shown below, can be issued instead of SQL statements.
1643+ </para>
1644+
1645+ <para>
1646+ Passing <literal>database</literal> as the value for the
1647+ <literal>replication</literal> parameter instructs the backend to go into
1648+ logical replication walsender mode, connecting to the database specified in
1649+ the <literal>dbname</literal> parameter. In logical replication walsender
1650+ mode, the replication commands shown below as well as normal SQL commands can
1651+ be issued.
1652+ </para>
1653+
1654+ <para>
1655+ In either physical replication or logical replication walsender mode, only the
1656+ simple query protocol can be used.
16471657</para>
1658+
16481659<para>
16491660 For the purpose of testing replication commands, you can make a replication
16501661 connection via <application>psql</application> or any other <literal>libpq</literal>-using
@@ -1659,7 +1670,12 @@ psql "dbname=postgres replication=database" -c "IDENTIFY_SYSTEM;"
16591670</para>
16601671
16611672<para>
1662- The commands accepted in walsender mode are:
1673+ Replication commands are logged in the server log when
1674+ <xref linkend="guc-log-replication-commands"/> is enabled.
1675+ </para>
1676+
1677+ <para>
1678+ The commands accepted in replication mode are:
16631679<variablelist>
16641680 <varlistentry>
16651681 <term><literal>IDENTIFY_SYSTEM</literal>
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