1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/src/include/wiredtiger.in b/src/include/wiredtiger.in
index d61871af60a..234aa9c67c8 100644
--- a/src/include/wiredtiger.in
+++ b/src/include/wiredtiger.in
@@ -1310,9 +1310,12 @@ struct __wt_connection {
  * specifications.  If the value is not an absolute path name\, the file is
  * created relative to the database home.,a string; default \c
  * "WiredTigerStat.%H".}@config{    sources, if non-empty\,
- * include statistics for the list of data source URIs.  No statistics that
- * require traversing a tree are reported\, as if the \c statistics_fast
- * configuration string were set.,a list of strings; default
+ * include statistics for the list of data source URIs\, if they are open at the
+ * time of the statistics logging. The list may include URIs matching a single
+ * data source ("table:mytable")\, or a URI matching all data sources of a
+ * particular type ("table:").  No statistics that require the  traversal of a
+ * tree are reported\, as if the \c statistics_fast configuration string were
+ * set.,a list of strings; default
  * empty.}@config{    timestamp, a timestamp prepended to
  * each log record\, may contain strftime conversion specifications.,a string;
  * default \c "%b %d %H:%M:%S".}@config{    wait, seconds to