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diff --git a/doc/man/man5/slapd-bdb.5 b/doc/man/man5/slapd-bdb.5
index a2456477acabbdf97cb3d94d94514e0d2f10982c..ea83c8f7ce554d2cf1a4adc42188ac1562856fae 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/man/man5/slapd-bdb.5
+++ b/doc/man/man5/slapd-bdb.5
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .TH SLAPD-BDB 5 "RELEASEDATE" "OpenLDAP LDVERSION"
-.\" Copyright 1998-2013 The OpenLDAP Foundation All Rights Reserved.
+.\" Copyright 1998-2018 The OpenLDAP Foundation All Rights Reserved.
 .\" Copying restrictions apply.  See COPYRIGHT/LICENSE.
 .\" $OpenLDAP$
 .SH NAME
@@ -12,7 +12,11 @@ The \fBbdb\fP backend to
 uses the Oracle Berkeley DB (BDB) package to store data.
 It makes extensive use of indexing and caching to speed data access.
 .LP
-\fBhdb\fP is the recommended primary database backend.  It is a variant of
+Note that BDB is deprecated and support will be dropped in future
+OpenLDAP releases. Installations should use the \fBmdb\fP
+backend instead.
+.LP
+\fBhdb\fP is a variant of
 the \fBbdb\fP backend that uses a hierarchical database layout which
 supports subtree renames. It is both more space-efficient and more
 execution-efficient than the \fBbdb\fP backend.  It is otherwise identical
@@ -269,6 +273,7 @@ Berkeley DB configuration file
 .SH SEE ALSO
 .BR slapd.conf (5),
 .BR slapd\-config (5),
+.BR slapd\-mdb (5),
 .BR slapd (8),
 .BR slapadd (8),
 .BR slapcat (8),