-This is the recommended primary backend for a normal slapd database.
-It takes care to configure it properly.
-It uses the transactional database interface of the Sleepycat Berkeley
+This was the recommended primary backend through OpenLDAP 2.3, but it has
+since been superseded by the
+.BR hdb
+backend. It takes care to configure it properly.
+It uses the transactional database interface of the Oracle Berkeley