Improve documentation. patches contributed by Mark Stosberg .

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@@ -520,17 +520,16 @@ pgpool version 3.0 README
 
 9. switchover
 
-   For maintenance purpose, scheduled switching or degenration is
+   For maintenance purpose, scheduled switching or degeneration is
    supported.
 
-   $ pgpool [-f config_file] [-s {m[aster]|s[econdary]] switch
+   To send both reads and writes only to the secondary:
 
-   If [-m {s[mart]|f[ast]|i[mmediate]}] part is omitted, master goes
-   down. To stop secondary try:
+   $ pgpool [-f config_file] switch
 
-   $ pgpool [-f config_file] -s s[econdary] switch
+   To switch to using only the master: 
 
-   Note that "s[econdary]" measn "s" or "secondary".
+   $ pgpool [-f config_file] -s secondary switch
 
    If there's only one PostgreSQL server, pgpool switch will just
    restart pgpool child processes.