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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/high-availability.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/high-availability.sgml
index a4e5ed21901..6e893b0efe8 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/high-availability.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/high-availability.sgml
@@ -1248,7 +1248,8 @@ primary_slot_name = 'node_a_slot'
If <varname>archive_mode</varname> is set to <literal>on</>, the
archiver is not enabled during recovery or standby mode. If the standby
server is promoted, it will start archiving after the promotion, but
- will not archive any WAL it did not generate itself. To get a complete
+ will not archive any WAL or timeline history files that
+ it did not generate itself. To get a complete
series of WAL files in the archive, you must ensure that all WAL is
archived, before it reaches the standby. This is inherently true with
file-based log shipping, as the standby can only restore files that