diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index 71848028c5c187e6fe869e0947ceac60ad168f5c..0ecd64c0731f536c53a37d1c6161119bc3a252d0 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -11,6 +11,17 @@
 Migration to version 7.4
 
    A dump/restore is *not* required for those running 7.4.
+   
+   If you want to install the fixes in the information schema concerning
+   the bit types, you need to reload the information schema. This is
+   either accomplished by initializing a new cluster by running "initdb",
+   or by running the following sequence of SQL commands in each database
+   (ideally including template1) as a superuser in psql, after installing
+   the new release:
+DROP SCHEMA information_schema CASCADE;
+\i /usr/local/pgsql/share/information_schema.sql
+
+   Substitute your installation path in the second command.
      _________________________________________________________________
    
 Changes
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml
index 7f4e13319da765f19519d9203d8c6e4636fbd379..350917eff91ff0a8b1584048e290db0b68d4d8ab 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
-$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.247 2003/12/15 22:24:59 momjian Exp $
+$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.248 2003/12/17 07:07:00 momjian Exp $
 -->
 
 <appendix id="release">
@@ -25,6 +25,22 @@ $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.247 2003/12/15 22:24:59 momjian
      A dump/restore is <emphasis>not</emphasis> required for those
      running 7.4.
     </para>
+
+    <para>
+     If you want to install the fixes in the information schema
+     concerning the bit types, you need to reload the information
+     schema.  This is either accomplished by initializing a new cluster
+     by running <command>initdb</command>, or by running the following
+     sequence of SQL commands in each database (ideally including
+     <literal>template1</literal>) as a superuser in
+     <application>psql</application>, after installing the new release:
+<programlisting>
+DROP SCHEMA information_schema CASCADE;
+\i /usr/local/pgsql/share/information_schema.sql
+</programlisting>
+     Substitute your installation path in the second command.
+    </para>
+
    </sect2>
 
    <sect2>