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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml
index d2af5e63ee..995d1ae9d3 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml,v 1.430 2008/04/14 17:05:32 tgl Exp $ -->
+<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml,v 1.431 2008/04/15 13:55:11 momjian Exp $ -->
<chapter id="functions">
<title>Functions and Operators</title>
@@ -11849,6 +11849,9 @@ SELECT set_config('log_statement_stats', 'off', false);
<primary>pg_cancel_backend</primary>
</indexterm>
<indexterm>
+ <primary>pg_terminate_backend</primary>
+ </indexterm>
+ <indexterm>
<primary>pg_reload_conf</primary>
</indexterm>
<indexterm>
@@ -11885,6 +11888,13 @@ SELECT set_config('log_statement_stats', 'off', false);
</row>
<row>
<entry>
+ <literal><function>pg_terminate_backend</function>(<parameter>pid</parameter> <type>int</>)</literal>
+ </entry>
+ <entry><type>boolean</type></entry>
+ <entry>Terminate a backend</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>
<literal><function>pg_reload_conf</function>()</literal>
</entry>
<entry><type>boolean</type></entry>
@@ -11907,9 +11917,10 @@ SELECT set_config('log_statement_stats', 'off', false);
</para>
<para>
- <function>pg_cancel_backend</> sends a query cancel
- (<systemitem>SIGINT</>) signal to a backend process identified by
- process ID. The process ID of an active backend can be found from
+ <function>pg_cancel_backend</> and <function>pg_terminate_backend</>
+ send a query cancel (<systemitem>SIGINT</>) signal to a backend process
+ identified by process ID. The
+ process ID of an active backend can be found from
the <structfield>procpid</structfield> column in the
<structname>pg_stat_activity</structname> view, or by listing the
<command>postgres</command> processes on the server with