diff --git a/operate/view-configure-runtime-parameters.mdx b/operate/view-configure-runtime-parameters.mdx
index c2b9ab37..0c0267da 100644
--- a/operate/view-configure-runtime-parameters.mdx
+++ b/operate/view-configure-runtime-parameters.mdx
@@ -67,8 +67,8 @@ Below is the detailed information about the parameters you may see after using t
| cdc\_source\_wait\_streaming\_start\_timeout | 30 | For limiting the startup time of a shareable CDC streaming source when the source is being created. Unit: seconds. |
| row\_security | true/false | See [here](https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/runtime-config-client.html#GUC-ROW-SECURITY) for details. Unused in RisingWave, support for compatibility. |
| standard\_conforming\_strings | on | See [here](https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/runtime-config-client.html#GUC-STANDARD-CONFORMING-STRINGS) for details. |
-| source\_rate\_limit | default/ A positive integer / 0 | Set the maximum number of records per second per source, for each parallelism. The source here refers to an upstream source. This parameter is applied to tables and tables with sources. The value can be default, 0, or a positive integer. SET SOURCE\_RATE\_LIMIT TO 0 will pause the source read for sources. SET SOURCE\_RATE\_LIMIT TO DEFAULT will disable the rate limit within the session, but it will not change the rate limits of existing DDLs.Note that the total throughput of a streaming job is determined by multiplying the parallelism with the throttle rate. To obtain the parallelism value for a streaming job, you can refer to the streaming\_parallelism runtime parameter in this table. Additionally, we support altering rate limits in [sources](/docs/current/sql-alter-source/#set-source-rate-limit) and [tables that have source](/docs/current/sql-alter-table/#set-source-rate-limit). |
-| backfill\_rate\_limit | default/ A positive integer / 0 | Set the maximum number of records per second per parallelism for the backfill process of materialized views, sinks, and indexes. This parameter throttles the snapshot read stream for backfill. The value can be default, 0, or a positive integer. SET BACKFILL\_RATE\_LIMIT TO 0 will pause the snapshot read stream for backfill. SET BACKFILL\_RATE\_LIMIT TO default will disable the backfill rate limit within the session, but it will not change the backfill rate limit of existing DDLs. To obtain the parallelism value for a streaming job, you can refer to the streaming\_parallelism runtime parameter in this table. Additionally, we support altering backfill rate limits in [materialized views](/docs/current/sql-alter-materialized-view/#set-backfill%5Frate%5Flimit) and [CDC tables](/docs/current/sql-alter-table/#set-backfill%5Frate%5Flimit). |
+| source\_rate\_limit | default/positive integer/0 | Set the maximum number of records per second per source, for each parallelism. This parameter is applied when creating sources and tables with sources.
The value can be default, 0, or a positive integer.
SET SOURCE\_RATE\_LIMIT TO 0 will pause the source read for sources.
SET SOURCE\_RATE\_LIMIT TO DEFAULT will disable the rate limit. Setting this variable will only affect new DDLs within the session, but not change the rate limits of existing jobs.
Note that the total throughput of a streaming job is determined by multiplying the parallelism with the throttle rate. To obtain the parallelism value for a streaming job, you can refer to the streaming\_parallelism runtime parameter in this table. Additionally, we support altering rate limits in [sources](/sql/commands/sql-alter-source/#set-source-rate-limit) and [tables that have source](/sql/commands/sql-alter-table/#set-source-rate-limit). |
+| backfill\_rate\_limit | default/positive integer/0 | Set the maximum number of records per second per parallelism for the backfill process of materialized views, sinks, and indexes. This parameter throttles the snapshot read stream for backfill. The value can be default, 0, or a positive integer.
SET BACKFILL\_RATE\_LIMIT TO 0 will pause the snapshot read stream for backfill. SET BACKFILL\_RATE\_LIMIT TO default will disable the backfill rate limit.
Setting this variable will only affect new DDLs within the session, but not change the rate limits of existing jobs.
Note that the total throughput of a streaming job is determined by multiplying the parallelism with the throttle rate. To obtain the parallelism value for a streaming job, you can refer to the streaming\_parallelism runtime parameter in this table. Additionally, we support altering backfill rate limits in [materialized views](//sql-alter-materialized-view/#set-backfill%5Frate%5Flimit) and [CDC tables](/sql/commands/sql-alter-table/#set-backfill%5Frate%5Flimit). |
| rw\_streaming\_over\_window\_cache\_policy | full | Cache policy for partition cache in streaming over window. Can be "full", "recent", "recent\_first\_n" or "recent\_last\_n". |
| background\_ddl | true/false | Run DDL statements in background. |
| server\_encoding | UTF8 | Show the server-side character set encoding. At present, this parameter can be shown but not set, because the encoding is determined at database creation time. |
diff --git a/sql/commands/sql-alter-materialized-view.mdx b/sql/commands/sql-alter-materialized-view.mdx
index 894682cb..e3ab516b 100644
--- a/sql/commands/sql-alter-materialized-view.mdx
+++ b/sql/commands/sql-alter-materialized-view.mdx
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ ALTER MATERIALIZED VIEW materialized_view_name
```
-- Change the owner of the materialized view named "materialized_view1" to user "user1"
ALTER MATERIALIZED VIEW materialized_view1 OWNER TO user1;
-
```
### `SET SCHEMA`
@@ -96,7 +95,8 @@ ALTER MATERIALIZED VIEW mv_name
SET BACKFILL_RATE_LIMIT { TO | = } { default | rate_limit_number };
```
-Use this statement to modify the backfill rate limit of a materialized view being created. For the specific value of `BACKFILL_RATE_LIMIT`, refer to [How to view runtime parameters](/docs/current/view-configure-runtime-parameters/#how-to-view-runtime-parameters).
+This statement controls the rate limit of a newly created materialized view's backfilling speed from upstream materialized views and sources.
+For the specific value of `BACKFILL_RATE_LIMIT`, refer to [How to view runtime parameters](/operate/view-configure-runtime-parameters/#how-to-view-runtime-parameters).
```sql Examples
-- Pause the backfill
@@ -107,5 +107,8 @@ ALTER MATERIALIZED VIEW mv1 SET BACKFILL_RATE_LIMIT=1;
-- Disable the backfill
ALTER MATERIALIZED VIEW mv1 SET BACKFILL_RATE_LIMIT=DEFAULT;
-
```
+
+
+To modify the rate limit of the sources used in the materialized view, please refer to [SET SOURCE_RATE_LIMIT](/sql/commands/sql-alter-source#set-source-rate-limit).
+
diff --git a/sql/commands/sql-alter-source.mdx b/sql/commands/sql-alter-source.mdx
index 77905251..d803753b 100644
--- a/sql/commands/sql-alter-source.mdx
+++ b/sql/commands/sql-alter-source.mdx
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ ALTER SOURCE source_name
SET SOURCE_RATE_LIMIT { TO | = } { default | rate_limit_number };
```
-Use this statement to modify the rate limit of a source. For the specific value of `SOURCE_RATE_LIMIT`, refer to [How to view runtime parameters](/docs/current/view-configure-runtime-parameters/#how-to-view-runtime-parameters).
+Use this statement to modify the rate limit of a source. For the specific value of `SOURCE_RATE_LIMIT`, refer to [How to view runtime parameters](/operate/view-configure-runtime-parameters/#how-to-view-runtime-parameters).
```sql Example
-- Alter the rate limit of a source to default
@@ -184,3 +184,7 @@ ALTER SOURCE kafka_source SET source_rate_limit TO default;
-- Alter the rate limit of a source to 1000
ALTER SOURCE kafka_source SET source_rate_limit TO 1000;
```
+
+
+To modify the rate limit of a newly created materialized view's backfilling speed, please refer to [SET BACKFILL_RATE_LIMIT](/sql/commands/sql-alter-materialized-view#set-backfill-rate-limit).
+
diff --git a/sql/commands/sql-alter-table.mdx b/sql/commands/sql-alter-table.mdx
index ed5198b6..1360bb8b 100644
--- a/sql/commands/sql-alter-table.mdx
+++ b/sql/commands/sql-alter-table.mdx
@@ -203,8 +203,6 @@ ALTER TABLE t_user REFRESH SCHEMA;
```
-**NOTE**
-
If a downstream fragment references a column that is either missing or has undergone a type change in the updated schema, the command will be declined.
@@ -215,7 +213,8 @@ ALTER TABLE table_name
SET SOURCE_RATE_LIMIT { TO | = } { default | rate_limit_number };
```
-Use this statement to modify the rate limit of tables that have a source. For the specific value of `SOURCE_RATE_LIMIT`, refer to [How to view runtime parameters](/docs/current/view-configure-runtime-parameters/#how-to-view-runtime-parameters).
+For tables with connector, this statement controls the rate limit of the associated source.
+For the specific value of `SOURCE_RATE_LIMIT`, refer to [How to view runtime parameters](/docs/current/view-configure-runtime-parameters/#how-to-view-runtime-parameters).
```sql Example
-- Create a table with source
@@ -238,13 +237,14 @@ ALTER TABLE kafka_source SET source_rate_limit TO default;
ALTER TABLE kafka_source SET source_rate_limit TO 1000;
```
-### `SET BACKFILL_RATE_LIMIT`[]
+### `SET BACKFILL_RATE_LIMIT`
```sql
ALTER TABLE table_name
SET BACKFILL_RATE_LIMIT { TO | = } { default | rate_limit_number };
```
-Use this statement to modify the backfill rate limit of a CDC table being created from a CDC source. For the specific value of `BACKFILL_RATE_LIMIT`, refer to [How to view runtime parameters](/docs/current/view-configure-runtime-parameters/#how-to-view-runtime-parameters).
+For CDC table created from a CDC source, this statement controls the rate limit of backfilling from the CDC database.
+For the specific value of `BACKFILL_RATE_LIMIT`, refer to [How to view runtime parameters](/operate/view-configure-runtime-parameters/#how-to-view-runtime-parameters).
```sql Examples
-- Pause the backfill