diff --git a/UPDATING b/UPDATING
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--- a/UPDATING
+++ b/UPDATING
@@ -23,6 +23,19 @@ NOTE TO PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT FreeBSD 6.x IS SLOW:
 	developers choose to disable these features on build machines
 	to maximize performance.
 
+20040828:
+	The default configuration for the network stack has been changed
+	such that it now runs without the Giant lock unless configured
+	otherwise.  If you experience network-related instability, you
+	may wish to try setting "debug.mpsafenet=0" or compiling the
+	kernel with "options NET_WITH_GIANT".  Details on the netperf
+	project may be found at:
+
+	    http://www.watson.org/~robert/freebsd/netperf/
+
+	Including the 20040828 announcement of configuration change
+	details.
+
 20040827:
 	PFIL_HOOKS are a fixed part of the network stack now and do not
 	need to be specified in the kernel configuration file anymore.