diff --git a/documentation/operations/backup.md b/documentation/operations/backup.md
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@@ -85,66 +85,6 @@ Then run `BACKUP DATABASE;` in SQL. See [Run a backup](#run-a-backup) for detail
### Configure
-#### Scheduled backups
-
-You can configure automatic scheduled backups using cron syntax. The example
-below runs a backup every day at midnight UTC.
-
-```conf
-backup.schedule.cron=0 0 * * *
-backup.schedule.tz=UTC
-```
-
-##### Cron format
-
-QuestDB uses the standard **5-field cron format**:
-
-```text
- FIELD VALUES SPECIAL CHARS
-┌──────────── minute ───────── 0-59 ───────────── * , - /
-│ ┌────────── hour ─────────── 0-23 ───────────── * , - /
-│ │ ┌──────── day of month ─── 1-31 ───────────── * , - / L W
-│ │ │ ┌────── month ────────── 1-12 or JAN-DEC ── * , - /
-│ │ │ │ ┌──── day of week ──── 0-7 or SUN-SAT ─── * , - / L #
-│ │ │ │ │
-* * * * *
-```
-
-Special character meanings:
-
-- `*` — matches any value
-- `,` — separates multiple values (e.g., `1,15` for 1st and 15th)
-- `-` — defines a range (e.g., `1-5` for Monday through Friday)
-- `/` — specifies intervals (e.g., `*/15` for every 15 units)
-- `L` — last day of the month, or last specific weekday (e.g., `5L` = last Friday)
-- `W` — nearest weekday to the given day (e.g., `15W` = nearest weekday to the 15th)
-- `#` — nth weekday of the month (e.g., `5#3` = third Friday)
-
-For day-of-week, 0 and 7 both represent Sunday; 1-6 represent Monday through Saturday.
-
-:::tip
-Use [crontab.guru](https://crontab.guru/) to build and validate your cron expressions.
-:::
-
-##### Timezone
-
-The `backup.schedule.tz` property accepts any valid
-IANA timezone name
-(e.g., `America/New_York`, `Europe/London`) or `UTC`.
-
-If `backup.schedule.tz` not specified, the default is `UTC`.
-
-##### Resetting schedule without restart
-
-The `backup.schedule.cron` and `backup.schedule.tz` settings can be modified in `server.conf` and hot-reloaded without
-restarting the server:
-
-```questdb-sql
-SELECT reload_config();
-```
-
-You can also use this to enable and disable the schedule by adding or commenting out the `backup.schedule.cron` config setting.
-
#### Backup retention
Control how many backups to keep before automatic cleanup removes older ones:
@@ -171,8 +111,8 @@ specifies a directory for atomic write operations during backup.
|----------|-------------|---------|
| `backup.enabled` | Enable backup functionality | `false` |
| `backup.object.store` | Object store connection string | None (required) |
-| `backup.schedule.cron` | Cron expression for scheduled backups | None (manual only) |
-| `backup.schedule.tz` | IANA timezone for cron schedule | `UTC` |
+| `backup.schedule.cron` | Cron expression for [scheduled backups](#scheduled-backups) | None (manual only) |
+| `backup.schedule.tz` | IANA timezone for cron [schedule](#scheduled-backups) | `UTC` |
| `backup.cleanup.keep.latest.n` | Number of backups to retain | `5` |
| `backup.compression.level` | Compression level (1-22) | `5` |
| `backup.compression.threads` | Threads for compression | CPU count |
@@ -231,6 +171,67 @@ To abort a running backup:
BACKUP ABORT;
```
+### Scheduled backups
+
+You can configure automatic scheduled backups using cron syntax. The example
+below runs a backup every day at midnight UTC.
+
+```conf
+backup.schedule.cron=0 0 * * *
+backup.schedule.tz=UTC
+```
+
+#### Cron format
+
+QuestDB uses the standard **5-field cron format**:
+
+```text
+ FIELD VALUES SPECIAL CHARS
+┌──────────── minute ───────── 0-59 ───────────── * , - /
+│ ┌────────── hour ─────────── 0-23 ───────────── * , - /
+│ │ ┌──────── day of month ─── 1-31 ───────────── * , - / L W
+│ │ │ ┌────── month ────────── 1-12 or JAN-DEC ── * , - /
+│ │ │ │ ┌──── day of week ──── 0-7 or SUN-SAT ─── * , - / L #
+│ │ │ │ │
+* * * * *
+```
+
+Special character meanings:
+
+- `*` — matches any value
+- `,` — separates multiple values (e.g., `1,15` for 1st and 15th)
+- `-` — defines a range (e.g., `1-5` for Monday through Friday)
+- `/` — specifies intervals (e.g., `*/15` for every 15 units)
+- `L` — last day of the month, or last specific weekday (e.g., `5L` = last Friday)
+- `W` — nearest weekday to the given day (e.g., `15W` = nearest weekday to the 15th)
+- `#` — nth weekday of the month (e.g., `5#3` = third Friday)
+
+For day-of-week, 0 and 7 both represent Sunday; 1-6 represent Monday through Saturday.
+
+:::tip
+Use [crontab.guru](https://crontab.guru/) to build and validate your cron expressions.
+:::
+
+#### Timezone
+
+The `backup.schedule.tz` property accepts any valid
+IANA timezone name
+(e.g., `America/New_York`, `Europe/London`) or `UTC`.
+
+If `backup.schedule.tz` not specified, the default is `UTC`.
+
+#### Resetting schedule without restart
+
+The `backup.schedule.cron` and `backup.schedule.tz` settings can be modified in `server.conf` and hot-reloaded without
+restarting the server:
+
+```questdb-sql
+SELECT reload_config();
+```
+
+You can also use this to enable and disable the schedule by adding or commenting out the `backup.schedule.cron` config setting.
+
+
### Backup instance name
Each QuestDB instance has a backup instance name (three random words like