@@ -678,32 +678,52 @@ psql --username=postgres --file=script.sql postgres
678678 <itemizedlist>
679679 <listitem>
680680 <para>
681- If you ran <command>pg_upgrade</command>
682- with <option>--check</option>, no modifications were made to the old
683- cluster and you can re-use it anytime.
681+ If the <option>--check</option> option was used, the old cluster
682+ was unmodified; it can be restarted.
684683 </para>
685684 </listitem>
686685
687686 <listitem>
688687 <para>
689- If you ran <command>pg_upgrade</command>
690- with <option>--link</option>, the data files are shared between the
691- old and new cluster. If you started the new cluster, the new
692- server has written to those shared files and it is unsafe to
693- use the old cluster.
688+ If the <option>--link</option> option was <emphasis>not</emphasis>
689+ used, the old cluster was unmodified; it can be restarted.
694690 </para>
695691 </listitem>
696692
697693 <listitem>
698694 <para>
699- If you ran <command>pg_upgrade</command> <emphasis>without</emphasis>
700- <option>--link</option> or did not start the new server, the
701- old cluster was not modified except that, if linking
702- started, a <literal>.old</literal> suffix was appended to
703- <filename>$PGDATA/global/pg_control</filename>. To reuse the old
704- cluster, possibly remove the <filename>.old</filename> suffix from
705- <filename>$PGDATA/global/pg_control</filename>; you can then restart the
706- old cluster.
695+ If the <option>--link</option> option was used, the data
696+ files might be shared between the old and new cluster:
697+
698+ <itemizedlist>
699+ <listitem>
700+ <para>
701+ If <command>pg_upgrade</command> aborted before linking started,
702+ the old cluster was unmodified; it can be restarted.
703+ </para>
704+ </listitem>
705+
706+ <listitem>
707+ <para>
708+ If you did <emphasis>not</emphasis> start the new cluster, the old
709+ cluster was unmodified except that, when linking started, a
710+ <literal>.old</literal> suffix was appended to
711+ <filename>$PGDATA/global/pg_control</filename>. To reuse the old
712+ cluster, remove the <filename>.old</filename> suffix from
713+ <filename>$PGDATA/global/pg_control</filename>; you can then restart
714+ the old cluster.
715+ </para>
716+ </listitem>
717+
718+ <listitem>
719+ <para>
720+ If you did start the new cluster, it has written to shared files
721+ and it is unsafe to use the old cluster. The old cluster will
722+ need to be restored from backup in this case.
723+ </para>
724+ </listitem>
725+
726+ </itemizedlist>
707727 </para>
708728 </listitem>
709729 </itemizedlist>
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