<varlistentry id="guc-recovery-target" xreflabel="recovery_target">
      <term><varname>recovery_target</varname><literal> = 'immediate'</literal>
      <indexterm>
        <primary><varname>recovery_target</varname> configuration parameter</primary>
      </indexterm>
      </term>
      <listitem>
       <para>
        This parameter specifies that recovery should end as soon as a
        consistent state is reached, i.e., as early as possible. When restoring
        from an online backup, this means the point where taking the backup
        ended.
       </para>
       <para>
        Technically, this is a string parameter, but <literal>'immediate'</literal>
        is currently the only allowed value.
       </para>
      </listitem>
     </varlistentry>

     <varlistentry id="guc-recovery-target-name" xreflabel="recovery_target_name">
      <term><varname>recovery_target_name</varname> (<type>string</type>)
      <indexterm>
        <primary><varname>recovery_target_name</varname> configuration parameter</primary>
      </indexterm>
      </term>
      <listitem>
       <para>
        This parameter specifies the named restore point (created with
        <function>pg_create_restore_point()</function>) to which recovery will proceed.
       </para>
      </listitem>
     </varlistentry>

     <varlistentry id="guc-recovery-target-time" xreflabel="recovery_target_time">
      <term><varname>recovery_target_time</varname> (<type>timestamp</type>)
      <indexterm>
        <primary><varname>recovery_target_time</varname> configuration parameter</primary>
      </indexterm>
      </term>
      <listitem>
       <para>
        This parameter specifies the time stamp up to which recovery
        will proceed.
        The precise stopping point is also influenced by
        <xref linkend="guc-recovery-target-inclusive"/>.
       </para>

       <para>
        The value of this parameter is a time stamp in the same format
        accepted by the <type>timestamp with time zone</type> data type,
        except that you cannot use a time zone abbreviation (unless the
        <xref linkend="guc-timezone-abbreviations"/> variable has been set
        earlier in the configuration file).  Preferred style is to use a
        numeric offset from UTC, or you can write a full time zone name,
        e.g., <literal>Europe/Helsinki</literal> not <literal>EEST</literal>.
       </para>
      </listitem>
     </varlistentry>

     <varlistentry id="guc-recovery-target-xid" xreflabel="recovery_target_xid">
      <term><varname>recovery_target_xid</varname> (<type>string</type>)
      <indexterm>
        <primary><varname>recovery_target_xid</varname> configuration parameter</primary>
      </indexterm>
      </term>
      <listitem>
       <para>
        This parameter specifies the transaction ID up to which recovery
        will proceed. Keep in mind
        that while transaction IDs are assigned sequentially at transaction
        start, transactions can complete in a different numeric order.
        The transactions that will be recovered are those that committed
        before (and optionally including) the specified one.
        The precise stopping point is also influenced by
        <xref linkend="guc-recovery-target-inclusive"/>.
       </para>
      </listitem>
     </varlistentry>

     <varlistentry id="guc-recovery-target-lsn" xreflabel="recovery_target_lsn">
      <term><varname>recovery_target_lsn</varname> (<type>pg_lsn</type>)
      <indexterm>
        <primary><varname>recovery_target_lsn</varname> configuration parameter</primary>
      </indexterm>
      </term>
      <listitem>
       <para>
        This parameter specifies the LSN of the write-ahead log location up
        to which recovery will proceed. The precise stopping point is also
        influenced by <xref linkend="guc-recovery-target-inclusive"/>. This
        parameter is parsed using the system data type
        <link linkend="datatype-pg-lsn"><type>pg_lsn</type></link>.