diff --git a/docs/source/designs/backup-recovery.rst b/docs/source/designs/backup-recovery.rst
index a0dc7da01315d26657b3267cb7296442eb3b04fd..e94b85de34b0d35ca37dc1c82e0955a7d282a0bb 100644
--- a/docs/source/designs/backup-recovery.rst
+++ b/docs/source/designs/backup-recovery.rst
@@ -354,6 +354,9 @@ The recovery process is as follows:
    starting at the first statement after the snapshot's sequence number,
    are executed against the database.
 
+After recovery replication is *not enabled*.
+If desired replication can be configured again using the external interface.
+
 External Interfaces
 -------------------