ITS#6855

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@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ OpenLDAP 2.4.25 Engineering
        Documentation
                admin24 guide ldapi usage (ITS#6839)
                admin24 guide conversion notes (ITS#6834)
+               admin24 guide note manpages are definitive (ITS#6855)
 
 OpenLDAP 2.4.24 Release (2011/02/10)
        Added LDIF line wrapping setting (ITS#6645)

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@@ -48,6 +48,13 @@ Software Pages|http://www.OpenLDAP.org/software/
 Support Pages|http://www.OpenLDAP.org/support/
 !endblock
  
+This document is not a complete reference for OpenLDAP software; the
+manual pages are the definitive documentation. For best results,
+you should use the manual pages that were installed on your system
+with your version of OpenLDAP software so that you're looking at
+documentation that matches the code. While the OpenLDAP web site
+also provides the manual pages for convenience, you can not assume
+that they corresond to the particular version you're running.
 
 P2[notoc] Acknowledgments