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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml
index 0456bb4631..4e5344b519 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml
@@ -378,6 +378,21 @@ pg_[A-Za-z0-9_] <application>
<listitem>
<para>
+ Read-only large object descriptors now obey MVCC snapshot semantics
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ When a large object is opened with <literal>INV_READ</> (and not
+ <literal>INV_WRITE</>), the data read from the descriptor will now
+ reflect a <quote>snapshot</> of the large object's state at the
+ time of the transaction snapshot in use by the query that called
+ <function>lo_open()</>. To obtain the old behavior of always
+ returning the latest committed data, include <literal>INV_WRITE</>
+ in the mode flags for <function>lo_open()</>.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
In <application>psql</application>, treat unquoted
<literal>\{digit}+</> sequences as octal (Bruce)
</para>