nocfbot_monitoring.sgml.diff

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..d2c8d547a91 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -1743,6 +1743,12 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    connected server.
   </para>
 
+  <para>
+   When the WAL receiver is in <literal>connecting</literal> state, the time
+   fields in this view may reflect their initial values rather than values
+   received from the WAL sender.
+  </para>
+
   <table id="pg-stat-wal-receiver-view" xreflabel="pg_stat_wal_receiver">
    <title><structname>pg_stat_wal_receiver</structname> View</title>
    <tgroup cols="1">