ITS#5028

diff --git a/doc/man/man8/slapcat.8 b/doc/man/man8/slapcat.8
index bc96040fa640a035ca05f70ecf0ee46cb95d0df6..e765406bd7ef38e9243a15c58335d6a95c39e9fc 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/man/man8/slapcat.8
+++ b/doc/man/man8/slapcat.8
@@ -109,10 +109,18 @@ default config file is ignored.
 .BI \-l " ldif-file"
 Write LDIF to specified file instead of standard output.
 .SH LIMITATIONS
-In general, your
+For some backend types, your
 .BR slapd (8)
 should not be running (at least, not in read-write
-mode) when you do this to ensure consistency of the database.
+mode) when you do this to ensure consistency of the database. It is
+always safe to run 
+.B slapcat
+with the
+.BR slapd-bdb (5),
+.BR slapd-hdb (5),
+and
+.BR slapd-null (5)
+backends.
 .SH EXAMPLES
 To make a text backup of your SLAPD database and put it in a file called
 .BR ldif ,