diff --git a/manifest b/manifest
index 2adaf55f14..43773f70d7 100644
--- a/manifest
+++ b/manifest
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
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+C Enhance\sthe\swal.c\ssource\sfile\swith\san\sASCII-art\sschematic\sof\sthe\s-shm\sfile\nheader.
+D 2021-07-29T18:34:35.597
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@@ -628,7 +628,7 @@ F src/vdbetrace.c 666c6fd9f1b62be6999e072a45b913e3c2c3518bc60dfd4d54fe304130acb7
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@@ -1920,8 +1920,7 @@ F vsixtest/vsixtest.tcl 6a9a6ab600c25a91a7acc6293828957a386a8a93
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diff --git a/manifest.uuid b/manifest.uuid
index 3b5473b5ca..0e2535e1ad 100644
--- a/manifest.uuid
+++ b/manifest.uuid
@@ -1 +1 @@
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\ No newline at end of file
+a6c160e08a61d105f8aab959440ac5ec4f1aaca8f0d393e08e7c2c67815b5bb2
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diff --git a/src/wal.c b/src/wal.c
index ce9394d156..83929ea467 100644
--- a/src/wal.c
+++ b/src/wal.c
@@ -400,6 +400,70 @@ struct WalCkptInfo {
 };
 #define READMARK_NOT_USED  0xffffffff
 
+/*
+** This is a schematic view of the complete 136-byte header of the
+** wal-index file (also known as the -shm file):
+**
+**      +-----------------------------+
+**   0: | iVersion                    | \
+**      +-----------------------------+  |
+**   4: | (unused padding)            |  |
+**      +-----------------------------+  |
+**   8: | iChange                     |  |
+**      +-------+-------+-------------+  |
+**  12: | bInit |  bBig |   szPage    |  |
+**      +-------+-------+-------------+  |
+**  16: | mxFrame                     |  |  First copy of the
+**      +-----------------------------+  |  WalIndexHdr object
+**  20: | nPage                       |  |
+**      +-----------------------------+  |
+**  24: | aFrameCksum                 |  |
+**      |                             |  |
+**      +-----------------------------+  |
+**  32: | aSalt                       |  |
+**      |                             |  |
+**      +-----------------------------+  |
+**  40: | aCksum                      |  |
+**      |                             | /
+**      +-----------------------------+
+**  48: | iVersion                    | \
+**      +-----------------------------+  |
+**  52: | (unused padding)            |  |
+**      +-----------------------------+  |
+**  56: | iChange                     |  |
+**      +-------+-------+-------------+  |
+**  60: | bInit |  bBig |   szPage    |  |
+**      +-------+-------+-------------+  |  Second copy of the
+**  64: | mxFrame                     |  |  WalIndexHdr
+**      +-----------------------------+  |
+**  68: | nPage                       |  |
+**      +-----------------------------+  |
+**  72: | aFrameCksum                 |  |
+**      |                             |  |
+**      +-----------------------------+  |
+**  80: | aSalt                       |  |
+**      |                             |  |
+**      +-----------------------------+  |
+**  88: | aCksum                      |  |
+**      |                             | /
+**      +-----------------------------+
+**  96: | nBackfill                   |
+**      +-----------------------------+
+** 100: | 5 read marks                |     
+**      |                             |
+**      |                             |
+**      |                             |
+**      |                             |
+**      +-------+-------+------+------+
+** 120: | Write | Ckpt  | Rcvr | Rd0  | \
+**      +-------+-------+------+------+  ) 8 lock bytes
+**      | Read1 | Read2 | Rd3  | Rd4  | /
+**      +-------+-------+------+------+
+** 128: | nBackfillAttempted          |
+**      +-----------------------------+
+** 132: | (unused padding)            |
+**      +-----------------------------+
+*/
 
 /* A block of WALINDEX_LOCK_RESERVED bytes beginning at
 ** WALINDEX_LOCK_OFFSET is reserved for locks. Since some systems