Add comments about VACUUM to free space map docs.

Joshua D. Drake

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
index 544614f2b130b744fea50e036ca8ac3c2582d149..33ce22078b04a249ce3c78e9e19e36cbf489c9da 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
@@ -962,7 +962,16 @@ SET ENABLE_SEQSCAN TO OFF;
      </varlistentry>
 
      </variablelist>
+
+     <note>
+      <para>
+       See the <xref linkend="sql-vacuum" endterm="sql-vacuum-title">
+       command for information on setting this parameter.
+      </para>
+     </note>
+
      </sect2>
+
      <sect2 id="runtime-config-resource-kernel">
      <title>Kernel Resource Usage</title>
      <variablelist>

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/vacuum.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/vacuum.sgml
index 6495f188fd3144c4965f91951833c368fceea78b..7632ded49fc7763c6412fb789c866099c07c0b7e 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/vacuum.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/vacuum.sgml
@@ -96,7 +96,10 @@ VACUUM [ FULL ] [ FREEZE ] [ VERBOSE ] ANALYZE [ <replaceable class="PARAMETER">
     <term><literal>VERBOSE</literal></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
-      Prints a detailed vacuum activity report for each table.
+      Prints a detailed vacuum activity report for each table. Can be used
+      to help determine appropriate settings for
+      <literal>max_fsm_pages</literal>, <literal>max_fsm_pages</literal>,
+      and <literal>default_statistics_target</literal>.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>