}
/**
- * Commit the transcation on a DB handle and wait for slaves to catch up
+ * Commit the transcation on a DB handle and wait for replica DBs to catch up
*
* This method makes it clear that commit() is called from a maintenance script,
* which has outermost scope. This is safe, unlike $dbw->commit() called in other places.
*
* @param IDatabase $dbw
* @param string $fname Caller name
- * @return bool Whether the slave wait succeeded
+ * @return bool Whether the replica DB wait succeeded
* @since 1.27
*/
protected function commitTransaction( IDatabase $dbw, $fname ) {