diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/release-8.4.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/release-8.4.sgml
index 0e335f68c8d..4c01d21998d 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/release-8.4.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/release-8.4.sgml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release-8.4.sgml,v 1.11 2009/06/18 14:42:08 petere Exp $ -->
+<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release-8.4.sgml,v 1.12 2009/06/26 22:23:17 tgl Exp $ -->
 <!-- See header comment in release.sgml about typical markup -->
 
  <sect1 id="release-8-4">
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
   <note>
    <title>Release date</title>
-   <simpara>2009-??-??, ITEMS CURRENT AS OF 2009-06-11</simpara>
+   <simpara>2009-07-01</simpara>
   </note>
 
   <sect2>
@@ -3392,6 +3392,13 @@
       </para>
      </listitem>
 
+     <listitem>
+      <para>
+       <filename>contrib/pg_standby</>'s <option>-l</> option is now a no-op,
+       because it is unsafe to use a symlink (Simon)
+      </para>
+     </listitem>
+
     </itemizedlist>
 
    </sect3>