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diff --git a/src/third_party/wiredtiger/src/docs/checkpoint.dox b/src/third_party/wiredtiger/src/docs/checkpoint.dox index 3d636cd17b6..2da3b1df272 100644 --- a/src/third_party/wiredtiger/src/docs/checkpoint.dox +++ b/src/third_party/wiredtiger/src/docs/checkpoint.dox @@ -55,11 +55,13 @@ archiving purposes. @section checkpoint_cursors Checkpoint cursors Cursors are normally opened in the most recent version of a data source. -However, a checkpoint configuration string may be provided to -WT_SESSION::open_cursor, opening a read-only, static view of the data -source. This provides a limited form of time-travel, as the static view -is not changed by subsequent checkpoints, and will persist until the -checkpoint cursor is closed. +However, a checkpoint configuration string may be provided +to WT_SESSION::open_cursor, opening a read-only, static view of the +data source. This provides a limited form of time-travel, as the static +view is not changed by subsequent checkpoints and will persist until +the checkpoint cursor is closed. While it is not an error to set a read +timestamp in a transaction including a checkpoint cursor, it also has no +effect on the checkpoint cursor's behavior. @section checkpoint_naming Checkpoint naming |