doc: Clarify documentation about SSL passphrases

petere · petere · commit d2d4c3508002 · 2019-11-09T10:13:14.000+01:00
The previous statement that using a passphrase disables the ability to
change the server's SSL configuration without a server restart was no
longer completely true since the introduction of
ssl_passphrase_command_supports_reload.
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml
@@ -2310,8 +2310,9 @@ pg_dumpall -p 5432 | psql -d postgres -p 5433
    If the private key is protected with a passphrase, the
    server will prompt for the passphrase and will not start until it has
    been entered.
-   Using a passphrase also disables the ability to change the server's SSL
-   configuration without a server restart.
+   Using a passphrase by default disables the ability to change the server's
+   SSL configuration without a server restart, but see <xref
+   linkend="guc-ssl-passphrase-command-supports-reload"/>.
    Furthermore, passphrase-protected private keys cannot be used at all
    on Windows.
   </para>
