Add to documentation:

+         Setting <varname>statement_timeout</> in
+         <filename>postgresql.conf</> is not recommended because it
+         affects all sessions.

Backpatch to 8.3.X.

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
index 6dbabd6910573e694b0d566a2c56208857696a5c..fe02985e1b00ec5cea822c7a3d0bdb28ab103aac 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
@@ -3877,6 +3877,12 @@ COPY postgres_log FROM '/full/path/to/logfile.csv' WITH csv;
         logged.  A value of zero (the default) turns off the 
         limitation.
        </para>
+
+       <para>
+        Setting <varname>statement_timeout</> in
+        <filename>postgresql.conf</> is not recommended because it
+        affects all sessions.
+       </para>
       </listitem>
      </varlistentry>