doc: update markup for release note "release date" block

This has to be backpatched to all supported releases so release markup
added to HEAD and copied to back branches matches the existing markup.

Reported-by: Peter Eisentraut

Discussion: 2b8a2552-fffa-f7c8-97c5-14db47a87731@2ndquadrant.com

Author: initial patch and sample markup by Peter Eisentraut

Backpatch-through: 9.2

15 files changed, 1316 insertions, 1317 deletions

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/release-10.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/release-10.sgml
index 402fdb44fa7..6497641ba6a 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/release-10.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/release-10.sgml
@@ -4,11 +4,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-10">
   <title>Release 10</title>
 
-  <note>
-   <title>Release Date</title>
-   <simpara>2017-09-XX</simpara>
-   <simpara>CURRENT AS OF 2017-04-22</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+   <title>Release date:</title>
+   <para>2017-09-XX (CURRENT AS OF 2017-04-22)</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <sect2>
    <title>Overview</title>
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/release-7.4.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/release-7.4.sgml
index b4a217af2c7..bc4f4e18d01 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/release-7.4.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/release-7.4.sgml
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-7-4-30">
   <title>Release 7.4.30</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2010-10-04</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2010-10-04</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 7.4.29.
@@ -138,10 +138,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-7-4-29">
   <title>Release 7.4.29</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2010-05-17</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2010-05-17</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 7.4.28.
@@ -282,10 +282,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-7-4-28">
   <title>Release 7.4.28</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2010-03-15</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2010-03-15</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 7.4.27.
@@ -401,10 +401,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-7-4-27">
   <title>Release 7.4.27</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2009-12-14</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2009-12-14</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 7.4.26.
@@ -521,10 +521,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-7-4-26">
   <title>Release 7.4.26</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2009-09-09</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2009-09-09</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 7.4.25.
@@ -651,10 +651,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-7-4-25">
   <title>Release 7.4.25</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2009-03-16</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2009-03-16</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 7.4.24.
@@ -731,10 +731,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-7-4-24">
   <title>Release 7.4.24</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2009-02-02</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2009-02-02</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 7.4.23.
@@ -817,10 +817,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-7-4-23">
   <title>Release 7.4.23</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2008-11-03</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2008-11-03</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 7.4.22.
@@ -901,10 +901,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-7-4-22">
   <title>Release 7.4.22</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2008-09-22</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2008-09-22</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 7.4.21.
@@ -977,10 +977,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-7-4-21">
   <title>Release 7.4.21</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2008-06-12</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2008-06-12</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains one serious bug fix over 7.4.20.
@@ -1031,10 +1031,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-7-4-20">
   <title>Release 7.4.20</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>never released</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>never released</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 7.4.19.
@@ -1176,10 +1176,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-7-4-19">
   <title>Release 7.4.19</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2008-01-07</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2008-01-07</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 7.4.18,
@@ -1330,10 +1330,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-7-4-18">
   <title>Release 7.4.18</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2007-09-17</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2007-09-17</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains fixes from 7.4.17.
@@ -1406,10 +1406,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-7-4-17">
   <title>Release 7.4.17</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2007-04-23</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2007-04-23</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains fixes from 7.4.16,
@@ -1477,10 +1477,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-7-4-16">
   <title>Release 7.4.16</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2007-02-05</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2007-02-05</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 7.4.15, including
@@ -1548,10 +1548,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-7-4-15">
   <title>Release 7.4.15</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2007-01-08</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2007-01-08</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 7.4.14.
@@ -1637,10 +1637,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-7-4-14">
   <title>Release 7.4.14</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2006-10-16</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2006-10-16</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 7.4.13.
@@ -1684,10 +1684,10 @@ ANYARRAY</para></listitem>
  <sect1 id="release-7-4-13">
   <title>Release 7.4.13</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2006-05-23</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2006-05-23</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 7.4.12,
@@ -1791,10 +1791,10 @@ Fuhr)</para></listitem>
  <sect1 id="release-7-4-12">
   <title>Release 7.4.12</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2006-02-14</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2006-02-14</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 7.4.11.
@@ -1854,10 +1854,10 @@ and <function>isinf</> during configure (Tom)</para></listitem>
  <sect1 id="release-7-4-11">
   <title>Release 7.4.11</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2006-01-09</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2006-01-09</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 7.4.10.
@@ -1921,10 +1921,10 @@ what's actually returned by the query (Joe)</para></listitem>
  <sect1 id="release-7-4-10">
   <title>Release 7.4.10</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2005-12-12</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2005-12-12</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 7.4.9.
@@ -1974,10 +1974,10 @@ table has been dropped</para></listitem>
  <sect1 id="release-7-4-9">
   <title>Release 7.4.9</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2005-10-04</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2005-10-04</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 7.4.8.
@@ -2043,10 +2043,10 @@ code</para></listitem>
  <sect1 id="release-7-4-8">
   <title>Release 7.4.8</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2005-05-09</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2005-05-09</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 7.4.7, including several
@@ -2227,10 +2227,10 @@ holder of the lock released it within a very narrow window.
  <sect1 id="release-7-4-7">
   <title>Release 7.4.7</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2005-01-31</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2005-01-31</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 7.4.6, including several
@@ -2287,10 +2287,10 @@ GMT</para></listitem>
  <sect1 id="release-7-4-6">
   <title>Release 7.4.6</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2004-10-22</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2004-10-22</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 7.4.5.
@@ -2359,10 +2359,10 @@ ECPG prepare statement</para></listitem>
  <sect1 id="release-7-4-5">
   <title>Release 7.4.5</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2004-08-18</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2004-08-18</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains one serious bug fix over 7.4.4.
@@ -2397,10 +2397,10 @@ still worth a re-release.  The bug does not exist in pre-7.4 releases.
  <sect1 id="release-7-4-4">
   <title>Release 7.4.4</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2004-08-16</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2004-08-16</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 7.4.3.
@@ -2449,10 +2449,10 @@ aggregate plan</para></listitem>
  <sect1 id="release-7-4-3">
   <title>Release 7.4.3</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2004-06-14</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2004-06-14</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 7.4.2.
@@ -2507,10 +2507,10 @@ names from outer query levels.
  <sect1 id="release-7-4-2">
   <title>Release 7.4.2</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2004-03-08</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2004-03-08</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 7.4.1.
@@ -2650,10 +2650,10 @@ inconveniences associated with the <literal>i/I</> problem.</para></listitem>
  <sect1 id="release-7-4-1">
   <title>Release 7.4.1</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2003-12-22</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2003-12-22</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 7.4.
@@ -2764,10 +2764,10 @@ DROP SCHEMA information_schema CASCADE;
 <sect1 id="release-7-4">
  <title>Release 7.4</title>
 
- <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2003-11-17</simpara>
- </note>
+ <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2003-11-17</para>
+ </formalpara>
 
  <sect2>
   <title>Overview</title>
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/release-8.0.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/release-8.0.sgml
index 6224187ab45..0f43e24b1dd 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/release-8.0.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/release-8.0.sgml
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-8-0-26">
   <title>Release 8.0.26</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2010-10-04</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2010-10-04</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 8.0.25.
@@ -208,10 +208,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-8-0-25">
   <title>Release 8.0.25</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2010-05-17</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2010-05-17</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 8.0.24.
@@ -368,10 +368,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-8-0-24">
   <title>Release 8.0.24</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2010-03-15</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2010-03-15</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 8.0.23.
@@ -545,10 +545,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-8-0-23">
   <title>Release 8.0.23</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2009-12-14</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2009-12-14</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 8.0.22.
@@ -700,10 +700,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-8-0-22">
   <title>Release 8.0.22</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2009-09-09</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2009-09-09</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 8.0.21.
@@ -864,10 +864,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-8-0-21">
   <title>Release 8.0.21</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2009-03-16</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2009-03-16</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 8.0.20.
@@ -944,10 +944,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-8-0-20">
   <title>Release 8.0.20</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2009-02-02</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2009-02-02</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 8.0.19.
@@ -1030,10 +1030,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-8-0-19">
   <title>Release 8.0.19</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2008-11-03</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2008-11-03</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 8.0.18.
@@ -1141,10 +1141,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-8-0-18">
   <title>Release 8.0.18</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2008-09-22</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2008-09-22</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 8.0.17.
@@ -1275,10 +1275,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-8-0-17">
   <title>Release 8.0.17</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2008-06-12</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2008-06-12</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains one serious bug fix over 8.0.16.
@@ -1329,10 +1329,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-8-0-16">
   <title>Release 8.0.16</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>never released</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>never released</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 8.0.15.
@@ -1566,10 +1566,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-8-0-15">
   <title>Release 8.0.15</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2008-01-07</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2008-01-07</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 8.0.14,
@@ -1782,10 +1782,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-8-0-14">
   <title>Release 8.0.14</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2007-09-17</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2007-09-17</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 8.0.13.
@@ -1890,10 +1890,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-8-0-13">
   <title>Release 8.0.13</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2007-04-23</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2007-04-23</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 8.0.12,
@@ -1967,10 +1967,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-8-0-12">
   <title>Release 8.0.12</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2007-02-07</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2007-02-07</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains one fix from 8.0.11.
@@ -2009,10 +2009,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-8-0-11">
   <title>Release 8.0.11</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2007-02-05</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2007-02-05</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 8.0.10, including
@@ -2080,10 +2080,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-8-0-10">
   <title>Release 8.0.10</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2007-01-08</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2007-01-08</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 8.0.9.
@@ -2199,10 +2199,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-8-0-9">
   <title>Release 8.0.9</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2006-10-16</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2006-10-16</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 8.0.8.
@@ -2255,10 +2255,10 @@ Wieland)</para></listitem>
  <sect1 id="release-8-0-8">
   <title>Release 8.0.8</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2006-05-23</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2006-05-23</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 8.0.7,
@@ -2369,10 +2369,10 @@ Fuhr)</para></listitem>
  <sect1 id="release-8-0-7">
   <title>Release 8.0.7</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2006-02-14</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2006-02-14</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 8.0.6.
@@ -2468,10 +2468,10 @@ and <function>isinf</> during configure (Tom)</para></listitem>
  <sect1 id="release-8-0-6">
   <title>Release 8.0.6</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2006-01-09</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2006-01-09</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 8.0.5.
@@ -2553,10 +2553,10 @@ what's actually returned by the query (Joe)</para></listitem>
  <sect1 id="release-8-0-5">
   <title>Release 8.0.5</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2005-12-12</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2005-12-12</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 8.0.4.
@@ -2635,10 +2635,10 @@ to subquery results</para></listitem>
  <sect1 id="release-8-0-4">
   <title>Release 8.0.4</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2005-10-04</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2005-10-04</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 8.0.3.
@@ -2732,10 +2732,10 @@ code</para></listitem>
  <sect1 id="release-8-0-3">
   <title>Release 8.0.3</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2005-05-09</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2005-05-09</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 8.0.2, including several
@@ -2852,10 +2852,10 @@ data types</para></listitem>
  <sect1 id="release-8-0-2">
   <title>Release 8.0.2</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2005-04-07</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2005-04-07</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 8.0.1.
@@ -3009,10 +3009,10 @@ addresses in <type>INET</> data types (Tom)</para></listitem>
  <sect1 id="release-8-0-1">
   <title>Release 8.0.1</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2005-01-31</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2005-01-31</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 8.0.0, including several
@@ -3078,10 +3078,10 @@ typedefs (Michael)</para></listitem>
  <sect1 id="release-8-0">
   <title>Release 8.0</title>
 
-  <note>
-   <title>Release Date</title>
-   <simpara>2005-01-19</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+   <title>Release date:</title>
+   <para>2005-01-19</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <sect2>
    <title>Overview</title>
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/release-8.1.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/release-8.1.sgml
index 49a4fe2ad8b..d48bccd17df 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/release-8.1.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/release-8.1.sgml
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-8-1-23">
   <title>Release 8.1.23</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2010-12-16</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2010-12-16</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 8.1.22.
@@ -223,10 +223,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-8-1-22">
   <title>Release 8.1.22</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2010-10-04</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2010-10-04</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 8.1.21.
@@ -441,10 +441,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-8-1-21">
   <title>Release 8.1.21</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2010-05-17</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2010-05-17</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 8.1.20.
@@ -595,10 +595,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-8-1-20">
   <title>Release 8.1.20</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2010-03-15</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2010-03-15</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 8.1.19.
@@ -785,10 +785,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-8-1-19">
   <title>Release 8.1.19</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2009-12-14</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2009-12-14</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 8.1.18.
@@ -966,10 +966,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-8-1-18">
   <title>Release 8.1.18</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2009-09-09</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2009-09-09</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 8.1.17.
@@ -1130,10 +1130,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-8-1-17">
   <title>Release 8.1.17</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2009-03-16</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2009-03-16</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 8.1.16.
@@ -1253,10 +1253,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-8-1-16">
   <title>Release 8.1.16</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2009-02-02</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2009-02-02</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 8.1.15.
@@ -1373,10 +1373,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-8-1-15">
   <title>Release 8.1.15</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2008-11-03</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2008-11-03</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 8.1.14.
@@ -1525,10 +1525,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-8-1-14">
   <title>Release 8.1.14</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2008-09-22</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2008-09-22</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 8.1.13.
@@ -1701,10 +1701,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-8-1-13">
   <title>Release 8.1.13</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2008-06-12</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2008-06-12</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains one serious and one minor bug fix over 8.1.12.
@@ -1768,10 +1768,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-8-1-12">
   <title>Release 8.1.12</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>never released</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>never released</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 8.1.11.
@@ -2018,10 +2018,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-8-1-11">
   <title>Release 8.1.11</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2008-01-07</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2008-01-07</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 8.1.10,
@@ -2270,10 +2270,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-8-1-10">
   <title>Release 8.1.10</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2007-09-17</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2007-09-17</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 8.1.9.
@@ -2391,10 +2391,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-8-1-9">
   <title>Release 8.1.9</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2007-04-23</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2007-04-23</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 8.1.8,
@@ -2482,10 +2482,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-8-1-8">
   <title>Release 8.1.8</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2007-02-07</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2007-02-07</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains one fix from 8.1.7.
@@ -2524,10 +2524,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-8-1-7">
   <title>Release 8.1.7</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2007-02-05</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2007-02-05</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 8.1.6, including
@@ -2626,10 +2626,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-8-1-6">
   <title>Release 8.1.6</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2007-01-08</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2007-01-08</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 8.1.5.
@@ -2776,10 +2776,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-8-1-5">
   <title>Release 8.1.5</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2006-10-16</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2006-10-16</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 8.1.4.
@@ -2853,10 +2853,10 @@ compilers (Hiroshi Saito)</para></listitem>
  <sect1 id="release-8-1-4">
   <title>Release 8.1.4</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2006-05-23</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2006-05-23</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 8.1.3,
@@ -3007,10 +3007,10 @@ documented (Tom)</para></listitem>
  <sect1 id="release-8-1-3">
   <title>Release 8.1.3</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2006-02-14</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2006-02-14</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 8.1.2,
@@ -3129,10 +3129,10 @@ creation (Tom)</para></listitem>
  <sect1 id="release-8-1-2">
   <title>Release 8.1.2</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2006-01-09</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2006-01-09</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 8.1.1.
@@ -3232,10 +3232,10 @@ what's actually returned by the query (Joe)</para></listitem>
  <sect1 id="release-8-1-1">
   <title>Release 8.1.1</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2005-12-12</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2005-12-12</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 8.1.0.
@@ -3324,10 +3324,10 @@ DISTINCT query</para></listitem>
  <sect1 id="release-8-1">
   <title>Release 8.1</title>
 
-  <note>
-   <title>Release Date</title>
-   <simpara>2005-11-08</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+   <title>Release date:</title>
+   <para>2005-11-08</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <sect2>
    <title>Overview</title>
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/release-8.2.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/release-8.2.sgml
index acb7b810c65..c00cbd34675 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/release-8.2.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/release-8.2.sgml
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-8-2-23">
   <title>Release 8.2.23</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2011-12-05</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2011-12-05</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 8.2.22.
@@ -232,10 +232,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-8-2-22">
   <title>Release 8.2.22</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2011-09-26</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2011-09-26</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 8.2.21.
@@ -539,10 +539,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-8-2-21">
   <title>Release 8.2.21</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2011-04-18</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2011-04-18</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 8.2.20.
@@ -671,10 +671,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-8-2-20">
   <title>Release 8.2.20</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2011-01-31</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2011-01-31</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 8.2.19.
@@ -803,10 +803,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-8-2-19">
   <title>Release 8.2.19</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2010-12-16</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2010-12-16</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 8.2.18.
@@ -1047,10 +1047,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-8-2-18">
   <title>Release 8.2.18</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2010-10-04</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2010-10-04</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 8.2.17.
@@ -1333,10 +1333,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-8-2-17">
   <title>Release 8.2.17</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2010-05-17</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2010-05-17</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 8.2.16.
@@ -1534,10 +1534,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-8-2-16">
   <title>Release 8.2.16</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2010-03-15</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2010-03-15</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 8.2.15.
@@ -1805,10 +1805,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-8-2-15">
   <title>Release 8.2.15</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2009-12-14</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2009-12-14</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 8.2.14.
@@ -2049,10 +2049,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-8-2-14">
   <title>Release 8.2.14</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2009-09-09</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2009-09-09</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 8.2.13.
@@ -2279,10 +2279,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-8-2-13">
   <title>Release 8.2.13</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2009-03-16</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2009-03-16</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 8.2.12.
@@ -2445,10 +2445,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-8-2-12">
   <title>Release 8.2.12</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2009-02-02</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2009-02-02</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 8.2.11.
@@ -2624,10 +2624,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-8-2-11">
   <title>Release 8.2.11</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2008-11-03</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2008-11-03</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 8.2.10.
@@ -2808,10 +2808,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-8-2-10">
   <title>Release 8.2.10</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2008-09-22</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2008-09-22</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 8.2.9.
@@ -3040,10 +3040,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-8-2-9">
   <title>Release 8.2.9</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2008-06-12</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2008-06-12</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains one serious and one minor bug fix over 8.2.8.
@@ -3107,10 +3107,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-8-2-8">
   <title>Release 8.2.8</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>never released</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>never released</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 8.2.7.
@@ -3302,10 +3302,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-8-2-7">
   <title>Release 8.2.7</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2008-03-17</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2008-03-17</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 8.2.6.
@@ -3571,10 +3571,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-8-2-6">
   <title>Release 8.2.6</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2008-01-07</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2008-01-07</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 8.2.5,
@@ -3862,10 +3862,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-8-2-5">
   <title>Release 8.2.5</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2007-09-17</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2007-09-17</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 8.2.4.
@@ -4039,10 +4039,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-8-2-4">
   <title>Release 8.2.4</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2007-04-23</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2007-04-23</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 8.2.3,
@@ -4183,10 +4183,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-8-2-3">
   <title>Release 8.2.3</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2007-02-07</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2007-02-07</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains two fixes from 8.2.2.
@@ -4229,10 +4229,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-8-2-2">
   <title>Release 8.2.2</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2007-02-05</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2007-02-05</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 8.2.1, including
@@ -4387,10 +4387,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-8-2-1">
   <title>Release 8.2.1</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2007-01-08</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2007-01-08</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 8.2.
@@ -4522,10 +4522,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-8-2">
   <title>Release 8.2</title>
 
-  <note>
-   <title>Release Date</title>
-   <simpara>2006-12-05</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+   <title>Release date:</title>
+   <para>2006-12-05</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <sect2>
    <title>Overview</title>
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/release-8.3.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/release-8.3.sgml
index 76ab36e39c7..a82410d0577 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/release-8.3.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/release-8.3.sgml
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-8-3-23">
   <title>Release 8.3.23</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2013-02-07</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2013-02-07</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 8.3.22.
@@ -173,10 +173,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-8-3-22">
   <title>Release 8.3.22</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2012-12-06</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2012-12-06</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 8.3.21.
@@ -469,10 +469,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-8-3-21">
   <title>Release 8.3.21</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2012-09-24</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2012-09-24</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 8.3.20.
@@ -579,10 +579,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-8-3-20">
   <title>Release 8.3.20</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2012-08-17</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2012-08-17</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 8.3.19.
@@ -802,10 +802,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-8-3-19">
   <title>Release 8.3.19</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2012-06-04</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2012-06-04</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 8.3.18.
@@ -1031,10 +1031,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-8-3-18">
   <title>Release 8.3.18</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2012-02-27</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2012-02-27</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 8.3.17.
@@ -1319,10 +1319,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-8-3-17">
   <title>Release 8.3.17</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2011-12-05</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2011-12-05</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 8.3.16.
@@ -1586,10 +1586,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-8-3-16">
   <title>Release 8.3.16</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2011-09-26</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2011-09-26</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 8.3.15.
@@ -1957,10 +1957,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-8-3-15">
   <title>Release 8.3.15</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2011-04-18</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2011-04-18</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 8.3.14.
@@ -2120,10 +2120,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-8-3-14">
   <title>Release 8.3.14</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2011-01-31</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2011-01-31</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 8.3.13.
@@ -2252,10 +2252,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-8-3-13">
   <title>Release 8.3.13</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2010-12-16</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2010-12-16</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 8.3.12.
@@ -2530,10 +2530,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-8-3-12">
   <title>Release 8.3.12</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2010-10-04</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2010-10-04</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 8.3.11.
@@ -2893,10 +2893,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-8-3-11">
   <title>Release 8.3.11</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2010-05-17</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2010-05-17</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 8.3.10.
@@ -3122,10 +3122,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-8-3-10">
   <title>Release 8.3.10</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2010-03-15</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2010-03-15</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 8.3.9.
@@ -3449,10 +3449,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-8-3-9">
   <title>Release 8.3.9</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2009-12-14</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2009-12-14</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 8.3.8.
@@ -3782,10 +3782,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-8-3-8">
   <title>Release 8.3.8</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2009-09-09</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2009-09-09</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 8.3.7.
@@ -4072,10 +4072,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-8-3-7">
   <title>Release 8.3.7</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2009-03-16</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2009-03-16</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 8.3.6.
@@ -4295,10 +4295,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-8-3-6">
   <title>Release 8.3.6</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2009-02-02</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2009-02-02</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 8.3.5.
@@ -4589,10 +4589,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-8-3-5">
   <title>Release 8.3.5</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2008-11-03</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2008-11-03</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 8.3.4.
@@ -4844,10 +4844,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-8-3-4">
   <title>Release 8.3.4</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2008-09-22</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2008-09-22</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 8.3.3.
@@ -5198,10 +5198,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-8-3-3">
   <title>Release 8.3.3</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2008-06-12</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2008-06-12</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains one serious and one minor bug fix over 8.3.2.
@@ -5265,10 +5265,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-8-3-2">
   <title>Release 8.3.2</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>never released</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>never released</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 8.3.1.
@@ -5630,10 +5630,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-8-3-1">
   <title>Release 8.3.1</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2008-03-17</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2008-03-17</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 8.3.0.
@@ -5943,10 +5943,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-8-3">
   <title>Release 8.3</title>
 
-  <note>
-   <title>Release Date</title>
-   <simpara>2008-02-04</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+   <title>Release date:</title>
+   <para>2008-02-04</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <sect2>
    <title>Overview</title>
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/release-8.4.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/release-8.4.sgml
index dfe47877572..16004edb742 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/release-8.4.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/release-8.4.sgml
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-8-4-22">
   <title>Release 8.4.22</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2014-07-24</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2014-07-24</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 8.4.21.
@@ -323,10 +323,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-8-4-21">
   <title>Release 8.4.21</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2014-03-20</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2014-03-20</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 8.4.20.
@@ -442,10 +442,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-8-4-20">
   <title>Release 8.4.20</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2014-02-20</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2014-02-20</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 8.4.19.
@@ -901,10 +901,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-8-4-19">
   <title>Release 8.4.19</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2013-12-05</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2013-12-05</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 8.4.18.
@@ -1102,10 +1102,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-8-4-18">
   <title>Release 8.4.18</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2013-10-10</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2013-10-10</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 8.4.17.
@@ -1302,10 +1302,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-8-4-17">
   <title>Release 8.4.17</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2013-04-04</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2013-04-04</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 8.4.16.
@@ -1531,10 +1531,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-8-4-16">
   <title>Release 8.4.16</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2013-02-07</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2013-02-07</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 8.4.15.
@@ -1741,10 +1741,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-8-4-15">
   <title>Release 8.4.15</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2012-12-06</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2012-12-06</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 8.4.14.
@@ -2043,10 +2043,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-8-4-14">
   <title>Release 8.4.14</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2012-09-24</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2012-09-24</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 8.4.13.
@@ -2159,10 +2159,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-8-4-13">
   <title>Release 8.4.13</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2012-08-17</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2012-08-17</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 8.4.12.
@@ -2393,10 +2393,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-8-4-12">
   <title>Release 8.4.12</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2012-06-04</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2012-06-04</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 8.4.11.
@@ -2678,10 +2678,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-8-4-11">
   <title>Release 8.4.11</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2012-02-27</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2012-02-27</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 8.4.10.
@@ -3040,10 +3040,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-8-4-10">
   <title>Release 8.4.10</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2011-12-05</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2011-12-05</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 8.4.9.
@@ -3355,10 +3355,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-8-4-9">
   <title>Release 8.4.9</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2011-09-26</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2011-09-26</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 8.4.8.
@@ -3880,10 +3880,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-8-4-8">
   <title>Release 8.4.8</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2011-04-18</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2011-04-18</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 8.4.7.
@@ -4125,10 +4125,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-8-4-7">
   <title>Release 8.4.7</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2011-01-31</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2011-01-31</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 8.4.6.
@@ -4257,10 +4257,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-8-4-6">
   <title>Release 8.4.6</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2010-12-16</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2010-12-16</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 8.4.5.
@@ -4568,10 +4568,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-8-4-5">
   <title>Release 8.4.5</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2010-10-04</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2010-10-04</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 8.4.4.
@@ -5090,10 +5090,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-8-4-4">
   <title>Release 8.4.4</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2010-05-17</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2010-05-17</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 8.4.3.
@@ -5381,10 +5381,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-8-4-3">
   <title>Release 8.4.3</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2010-03-15</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2010-03-15</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 8.4.2.
@@ -5848,10 +5848,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-8-4-2">
   <title>Release 8.4.2</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2009-12-14</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2009-12-14</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 8.4.1.
@@ -6379,10 +6379,10 @@ WITH w AS (SELECT * FROM foo) SELECT * FROM w, bar ... FOR UPDATE
  <sect1 id="release-8-4-1">
   <title>Release 8.4.1</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2009-09-09</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2009-09-09</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 8.4.
@@ -6678,10 +6678,10 @@ WITH w AS (SELECT * FROM foo) SELECT * FROM w, bar ... FOR UPDATE
  <sect1 id="release-8-4">
   <title>Release 8.4</title>
 
-  <note>
-   <title>Release Date</title>
-   <simpara>2009-07-01</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+   <title>Release date:</title>
+   <para>2009-07-01</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <sect2>
    <title>Overview</title>
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/release-9.0.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/release-9.0.sgml
index 08bc339e2ea..e7d2ffddaf1 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/release-9.0.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/release-9.0.sgml
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-9-0-23">
   <title>Release 9.0.23</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2015-10-08</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2015-10-08</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 9.0.22.
@@ -501,10 +501,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-9-0-22">
   <title>Release 9.0.22</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2015-06-12</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2015-06-12</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a small number of fixes from 9.0.21.
@@ -575,10 +575,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-9-0-21">
   <title>Release 9.0.21</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2015-06-04</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2015-06-04</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a small number of fixes from 9.0.20.
@@ -669,10 +669,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-9-0-20">
   <title>Release 9.0.20</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2015-05-22</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2015-05-22</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 9.0.19.
@@ -1113,10 +1113,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-9-0-19">
   <title>Release 9.0.19</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2015-02-05</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2015-02-05</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 9.0.18.
@@ -1839,10 +1839,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-9-0-18">
   <title>Release 9.0.18</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2014-07-24</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2014-07-24</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 9.0.17.
@@ -2185,10 +2185,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-9-0-17">
   <title>Release 9.0.17</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2014-03-20</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2014-03-20</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 9.0.16.
@@ -2338,10 +2338,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-9-0-16">
   <title>Release 9.0.16</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2014-02-20</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2014-02-20</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 9.0.15.
@@ -2839,10 +2839,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-9-0-15">
   <title>Release 9.0.15</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2013-12-05</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2013-12-05</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 9.0.14.
@@ -3077,10 +3077,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-9-0-14">
   <title>Release 9.0.14</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2013-10-10</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2013-10-10</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 9.0.13.
@@ -3343,10 +3343,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-9-0-13">
   <title>Release 9.0.13</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2013-04-04</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2013-04-04</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 9.0.12.
@@ -3640,10 +3640,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-9-0-12">
   <title>Release 9.0.12</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2013-02-07</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2013-02-07</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 9.0.11.
@@ -3902,10 +3902,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-9-0-11">
   <title>Release 9.0.11</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2012-12-06</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2012-12-06</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 9.0.10.
@@ -4280,10 +4280,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-9-0-10">
   <title>Release 9.0.10</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2012-09-24</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2012-09-24</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 9.0.9.
@@ -4422,10 +4422,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-9-0-9">
   <title>Release 9.0.9</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2012-08-17</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2012-08-17</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 9.0.8.
@@ -4728,10 +4728,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-9-0-8">
   <title>Release 9.0.8</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2012-06-04</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2012-06-04</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 9.0.7.
@@ -5048,10 +5048,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-9-0-7">
   <title>Release 9.0.7</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2012-02-27</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2012-02-27</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 9.0.6.
@@ -5564,10 +5564,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-9-0-6">
   <title>Release 9.0.6</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2011-12-05</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2011-12-05</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 9.0.5.
@@ -5948,10 +5948,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-9-0-5">
   <title>Release 9.0.5</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2011-09-26</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2011-09-26</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 9.0.4.
@@ -6598,10 +6598,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-9-0-4">
   <title>Release 9.0.4</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2011-04-18</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2011-04-18</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 9.0.3.
@@ -6939,10 +6939,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-9-0-3">
   <title>Release 9.0.3</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2011-01-31</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2011-01-31</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 9.0.2.
@@ -7115,10 +7115,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-9-0-2">
   <title>Release 9.0.2</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2010-12-16</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2010-12-16</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 9.0.1.
@@ -7562,10 +7562,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-9-0-1">
   <title>Release 9.0.1</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2010-10-04</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2010-10-04</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 9.0.0.
@@ -7704,10 +7704,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-9-0">
   <title>Release 9.0</title>
 
-  <note>
-   <title>Release Date</title>
-   <simpara>2010-09-20</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+   <title>Release date:</title>
+   <para>2010-09-20</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <sect2>
    <title>Overview</title>
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/release-9.1.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/release-9.1.sgml
index 2d0540c39e5..0454f849d44 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/release-9.1.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/release-9.1.sgml
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-9-1-24">
   <title>Release 9.1.24</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2016-10-27</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2016-10-27</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 9.1.23.
@@ -214,10 +214,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-9-1-23">
   <title>Release 9.1.23</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2016-08-11</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2016-08-11</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 9.1.22.
@@ -556,10 +556,10 @@ Branch: REL9_1_STABLE [354b3a3ac] 2016-06-19 14:01:17 -0400
  <sect1 id="release-9-1-22">
   <title>Release 9.1.22</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2016-05-12</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2016-05-12</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 9.1.21.
@@ -721,10 +721,10 @@ Branch: REL9_1_STABLE [354b3a3ac] 2016-06-19 14:01:17 -0400
  <sect1 id="release-9-1-21">
   <title>Release 9.1.21</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2016-03-31</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2016-03-31</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 9.1.20.
@@ -927,10 +927,10 @@ Branch: REL9_1_STABLE [354b3a3ac] 2016-06-19 14:01:17 -0400
  <sect1 id="release-9-1-20">
   <title>Release 9.1.20</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2016-02-11</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2016-02-11</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 9.1.19.
@@ -1440,10 +1440,10 @@ Branch: REL9_1_STABLE [354b3a3ac] 2016-06-19 14:01:17 -0400
  <sect1 id="release-9-1-19">
   <title>Release 9.1.19</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2015-10-08</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2015-10-08</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 9.1.18.
@@ -2001,10 +2001,10 @@ Branch: REL9_0_STABLE [9d6af7367] 2015-08-15 11:02:34 -0400
  <sect1 id="release-9-1-18">
   <title>Release 9.1.18</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2015-06-12</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2015-06-12</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a small number of fixes from 9.1.17.
@@ -2069,10 +2069,10 @@ Branch: REL9_0_STABLE [9d6af7367] 2015-08-15 11:02:34 -0400
  <sect1 id="release-9-1-17">
   <title>Release 9.1.17</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2015-06-04</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2015-06-04</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a small number of fixes from 9.1.16.
@@ -2157,10 +2157,10 @@ Branch: REL9_0_STABLE [9d6af7367] 2015-08-15 11:02:34 -0400
  <sect1 id="release-9-1-16">
   <title>Release 9.1.16</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2015-05-22</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2015-05-22</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 9.1.15.
@@ -2683,10 +2683,10 @@ Branch: REL9_0_STABLE [9d6af7367] 2015-08-15 11:02:34 -0400
  <sect1 id="release-9-1-15">
   <title>Release 9.1.15</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2015-02-05</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2015-02-05</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 9.1.14.
@@ -3493,10 +3493,10 @@ Branch: REL9_0_STABLE [9d6af7367] 2015-08-15 11:02:34 -0400
  <sect1 id="release-9-1-14">
   <title>Release 9.1.14</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2014-07-24</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2014-07-24</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 9.1.13.
@@ -3876,10 +3876,10 @@ Branch: REL9_0_STABLE [9d6af7367] 2015-08-15 11:02:34 -0400
  <sect1 id="release-9-1-13">
   <title>Release 9.1.13</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2014-03-20</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2014-03-20</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 9.1.12.
@@ -4043,10 +4043,10 @@ Branch: REL9_0_STABLE [9d6af7367] 2015-08-15 11:02:34 -0400
  <sect1 id="release-9-1-12">
   <title>Release 9.1.12</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2014-02-20</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2014-02-20</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 9.1.11.
@@ -4593,10 +4593,10 @@ Branch: REL9_0_STABLE [9d6af7367] 2015-08-15 11:02:34 -0400
  <sect1 id="release-9-1-11">
   <title>Release 9.1.11</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2013-12-05</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2013-12-05</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 9.1.10.
@@ -4850,10 +4850,10 @@ Branch: REL9_0_STABLE [9d6af7367] 2015-08-15 11:02:34 -0400
  <sect1 id="release-9-1-10">
   <title>Release 9.1.10</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2013-10-10</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2013-10-10</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 9.1.9.
@@ -5185,10 +5185,10 @@ Branch: REL9_0_STABLE [9d6af7367] 2015-08-15 11:02:34 -0400
  <sect1 id="release-9-1-9">
   <title>Release 9.1.9</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2013-04-04</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2013-04-04</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 9.1.8.
@@ -5519,10 +5519,10 @@ Branch: REL9_0_STABLE [9d6af7367] 2015-08-15 11:02:34 -0400
  <sect1 id="release-9-1-8">
   <title>Release 9.1.8</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2013-02-07</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2013-02-07</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 9.1.7.
@@ -5841,10 +5841,10 @@ Branch: REL9_0_STABLE [9d6af7367] 2015-08-15 11:02:34 -0400
  <sect1 id="release-9-1-7">
   <title>Release 9.1.7</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2012-12-06</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2012-12-06</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 9.1.6.
@@ -6304,10 +6304,10 @@ Branch: REL9_0_STABLE [9d6af7367] 2015-08-15 11:02:34 -0400
  <sect1 id="release-9-1-6">
   <title>Release 9.1.6</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2012-09-24</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2012-09-24</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 9.1.5.
@@ -6556,10 +6556,10 @@ Branch: REL9_0_STABLE [9d6af7367] 2015-08-15 11:02:34 -0400
  <sect1 id="release-9-1-5">
   <title>Release 9.1.5</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2012-08-17</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2012-08-17</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 9.1.4.
@@ -6943,10 +6943,10 @@ Branch: REL9_0_STABLE [9d6af7367] 2015-08-15 11:02:34 -0400
  <sect1 id="release-9-1-4">
   <title>Release 9.1.4</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2012-06-04</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2012-06-04</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 9.1.3.
@@ -7433,10 +7433,10 @@ Branch: REL9_0_STABLE [9d6af7367] 2015-08-15 11:02:34 -0400
  <sect1 id="release-9-1-3">
   <title>Release 9.1.3</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2012-02-27</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2012-02-27</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 9.1.2.
@@ -8070,10 +8070,10 @@ Branch: REL9_0_STABLE [9d6af7367] 2015-08-15 11:02:34 -0400
  <sect1 id="release-9-1-2">
   <title>Release 9.1.2</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2011-12-05</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2011-12-05</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 9.1.1.
@@ -8717,10 +8717,10 @@ Branch: REL9_0_STABLE [9d6af7367] 2015-08-15 11:02:34 -0400
  <sect1 id="release-9-1-1">
   <title>Release 9.1.1</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2011-09-26</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2011-09-26</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a small number of fixes from 9.1.0.
@@ -8785,10 +8785,10 @@ Branch: REL9_0_STABLE [9d6af7367] 2015-08-15 11:02:34 -0400
  <sect1 id="release-9-1">
   <title>Release 9.1</title>
 
-  <note>
-   <title>Release Date</title>
-   <simpara>2011-09-12</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+   <title>Release date:</title>
+   <para>2011-09-12</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <sect2>
    <title>Overview</title>
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/release-9.2.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/release-9.2.sgml
index 6aee919ffe0..1f1cc12b61c 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/release-9.2.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/release-9.2.sgml
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-9-2-21">
   <title>Release 9.2.21</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2017-05-11</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2017-05-11</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 9.2.20.
@@ -452,10 +452,10 @@ UPDATE pg_database SET datallowconn = false WHERE datname = 'template0';
  <sect1 id="release-9-2-20">
   <title>Release 9.2.20</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2017-02-09</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2017-02-09</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 9.2.19.
@@ -864,10 +864,10 @@ Branch: REL9_2_STABLE [38bec1805] 2017-01-25 07:02:25 +0900
  <sect1 id="release-9-2-19">
   <title>Release 9.2.19</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2016-10-27</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2016-10-27</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 9.2.18.
@@ -1130,10 +1130,10 @@ Branch: REL9_2_STABLE [38bec1805] 2017-01-25 07:02:25 +0900
  <sect1 id="release-9-2-18">
   <title>Release 9.2.18</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2016-08-11</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2016-08-11</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 9.2.17.
@@ -1471,10 +1471,10 @@ Branch: REL9_2_STABLE [38bec1805] 2017-01-25 07:02:25 +0900
  <sect1 id="release-9-2-17">
   <title>Release 9.2.17</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2016-05-12</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2016-05-12</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 9.2.16.
@@ -1667,10 +1667,10 @@ Branch: REL9_2_STABLE [38bec1805] 2017-01-25 07:02:25 +0900
  <sect1 id="release-9-2-16">
   <title>Release 9.2.16</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2016-03-31</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2016-03-31</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 9.2.15.
@@ -1873,10 +1873,10 @@ Branch: REL9_2_STABLE [38bec1805] 2017-01-25 07:02:25 +0900
  <sect1 id="release-9-2-15">
   <title>Release 9.2.15</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2016-02-11</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2016-02-11</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 9.2.14.
@@ -2417,10 +2417,10 @@ Branch: REL9_2_STABLE [38bec1805] 2017-01-25 07:02:25 +0900
  <sect1 id="release-9-2-14">
   <title>Release 9.2.14</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2015-10-08</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2015-10-08</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 9.2.13.
@@ -3014,10 +3014,10 @@ Branch: REL9_2_STABLE [e90a629e1] 2015-09-22 14:58:38 -0700
  <sect1 id="release-9-2-13">
   <title>Release 9.2.13</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2015-06-12</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2015-06-12</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a small number of fixes from 9.2.12.
@@ -3082,10 +3082,10 @@ Branch: REL9_2_STABLE [e90a629e1] 2015-09-22 14:58:38 -0700
  <sect1 id="release-9-2-12">
   <title>Release 9.2.12</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2015-06-04</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2015-06-04</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a small number of fixes from 9.2.11.
@@ -3177,10 +3177,10 @@ Branch: REL9_2_STABLE [e90a629e1] 2015-09-22 14:58:38 -0700
  <sect1 id="release-9-2-11">
   <title>Release 9.2.11</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2015-05-22</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2015-05-22</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 9.2.10.
@@ -3759,10 +3759,10 @@ Branch: REL9_2_STABLE [6b700301c] 2015-02-17 16:03:00 +0100
  <sect1 id="release-9-2-10">
   <title>Release 9.2.10</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2015-02-05</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2015-02-05</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 9.2.9.
@@ -4676,10 +4676,10 @@ Branch: REL9_2_STABLE [6b700301c] 2015-02-17 16:03:00 +0100
  <sect1 id="release-9-2-9">
   <title>Release 9.2.9</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2014-07-24</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2014-07-24</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 9.2.8.
@@ -5157,10 +5157,10 @@ Branch: REL9_2_STABLE [6b700301c] 2015-02-17 16:03:00 +0100
  <sect1 id="release-9-2-8">
   <title>Release 9.2.8</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2014-03-20</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2014-03-20</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 9.2.7.
@@ -5346,10 +5346,10 @@ Branch: REL9_2_STABLE [6b700301c] 2015-02-17 16:03:00 +0100
  <sect1 id="release-9-2-7">
   <title>Release 9.2.7</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2014-02-20</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2014-02-20</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 9.2.6.
@@ -5953,10 +5953,10 @@ Branch: REL9_2_STABLE [6b700301c] 2015-02-17 16:03:00 +0100
  <sect1 id="release-9-2-6">
   <title>Release 9.2.6</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2013-12-05</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2013-12-05</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 9.2.5.
@@ -6290,10 +6290,10 @@ Branch: REL9_2_STABLE [6b700301c] 2015-02-17 16:03:00 +0100
  <sect1 id="release-9-2-5">
   <title>Release 9.2.5</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2013-10-10</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2013-10-10</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 9.2.4.
@@ -6709,10 +6709,10 @@ Branch: REL9_2_STABLE [6b700301c] 2015-02-17 16:03:00 +0100
  <sect1 id="release-9-2-4">
   <title>Release 9.2.4</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2013-04-04</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2013-04-04</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 9.2.3.
@@ -7116,10 +7116,10 @@ Branch: REL9_2_STABLE [6b700301c] 2015-02-17 16:03:00 +0100
  <sect1 id="release-9-2-3">
   <title>Release 9.2.3</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2013-02-07</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2013-02-07</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 9.2.2.
@@ -7567,10 +7567,10 @@ Branch: REL9_2_STABLE [6b700301c] 2015-02-17 16:03:00 +0100
  <sect1 id="release-9-2-2">
   <title>Release 9.2.2</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2012-12-06</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2012-12-06</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 9.2.1.
@@ -8291,10 +8291,10 @@ Branch: REL9_2_STABLE [6b700301c] 2015-02-17 16:03:00 +0100
  <sect1 id="release-9-2-1">
   <title>Release 9.2.1</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2012-09-24</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2012-09-24</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 9.2.0.
@@ -8459,10 +8459,10 @@ Branch: REL9_2_STABLE [6b700301c] 2015-02-17 16:03:00 +0100
  <sect1 id="release-9-2">
   <title>Release 9.2</title>
 
-  <note>
-   <title>Release Date</title>
-   <simpara>2012-09-10</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+   <title>Release date:</title>
+   <para>2012-09-10</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <sect2>
    <title>Overview</title>
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/release-9.3.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/release-9.3.sgml
index 6d620ffacc0..86c1ae6d3fa 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/release-9.3.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/release-9.3.sgml
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-9-3-17">
   <title>Release 9.3.17</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2017-05-11</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2017-05-11</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 9.3.16.
@@ -491,10 +491,10 @@ UPDATE pg_database SET datallowconn = false WHERE datname = 'template0';
  <sect1 id="release-9-3-16">
   <title>Release 9.3.16</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2017-02-09</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2017-02-09</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 9.3.15.
@@ -939,10 +939,10 @@ UPDATE pg_database SET datallowconn = false WHERE datname = 'template0';
  <sect1 id="release-9-3-15">
   <title>Release 9.3.15</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2016-10-27</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2016-10-27</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 9.3.14.
@@ -1268,10 +1268,10 @@ UPDATE pg_database SET datallowconn = false WHERE datname = 'template0';
  <sect1 id="release-9-3-14">
   <title>Release 9.3.14</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2016-08-11</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2016-08-11</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 9.3.13.
@@ -1758,10 +1758,10 @@ UPDATE pg_database SET datallowconn = false WHERE datname = 'template0';
  <sect1 id="release-9-3-13">
   <title>Release 9.3.13</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2016-05-12</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2016-05-12</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 9.3.12.
@@ -1988,10 +1988,10 @@ Branch: REL9_2_STABLE [37f30b251] 2016-04-18 13:19:52 -0400
  <sect1 id="release-9-3-12">
   <title>Release 9.3.12</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2016-03-31</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2016-03-31</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 9.3.11.
@@ -2207,10 +2207,10 @@ Branch: REL9_2_STABLE [37f30b251] 2016-04-18 13:19:52 -0400
  <sect1 id="release-9-3-11">
   <title>Release 9.3.11</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2016-02-11</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2016-02-11</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 9.3.10.
@@ -2830,10 +2830,10 @@ Branch: REL9_2_STABLE [37f30b251] 2016-04-18 13:19:52 -0400
  <sect1 id="release-9-3-10">
   <title>Release 9.3.10</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2015-10-08</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2015-10-08</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 9.3.9.
@@ -3459,10 +3459,10 @@ Branch: REL9_2_STABLE [37f30b251] 2016-04-18 13:19:52 -0400
  <sect1 id="release-9-3-9">
   <title>Release 9.3.9</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2015-06-12</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2015-06-12</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a small number of fixes from 9.3.8.
@@ -3608,10 +3608,10 @@ Branch: REL9_2_STABLE [37f30b251] 2016-04-18 13:19:52 -0400
  <sect1 id="release-9-3-8">
   <title>Release 9.3.8</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2015-06-04</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2015-06-04</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a small number of fixes from 9.3.7.
@@ -3716,10 +3716,10 @@ Branch: REL9_0_STABLE [4dddf8552] 2015-05-21 20:41:55 -0400
  <sect1 id="release-9-3-7">
   <title>Release 9.3.7</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2015-05-22</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2015-05-22</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 9.3.6.
@@ -4306,10 +4306,10 @@ Branch: REL9_0_STABLE [4dddf8552] 2015-05-21 20:41:55 -0400
  <sect1 id="release-9-3-6">
   <title>Release 9.3.6</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2015-02-05</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2015-02-05</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 9.3.5.
@@ -6191,10 +6191,10 @@ Branch: REL9_0_STABLE [b6391f587] 2014-10-04 14:18:43 -0400
  <sect1 id="release-9-3-5">
   <title>Release 9.3.5</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2014-07-24</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2014-07-24</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 9.3.4.
@@ -7311,10 +7311,10 @@ Branch: REL8_4_STABLE [c51da696b] 2014-07-19 15:01:45 -0400
  <sect1 id="release-9-3-4">
   <title>Release 9.3.4</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2014-03-20</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2014-03-20</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 9.3.3.
@@ -7773,10 +7773,10 @@ Branch: REL8_4_STABLE [6e6c2c2e1] 2014-03-15 13:36:57 -0400
  <sect1 id="release-9-3-3">
   <title>Release 9.3.3</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2014-02-20</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2014-02-20</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 9.3.2.
@@ -9235,10 +9235,10 @@ Branch: REL8_4_STABLE [c0c2d62ac] 2014-02-14 21:59:56 -0500
  <sect1 id="release-9-3-2">
   <title>Release 9.3.2</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2013-12-05</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2013-12-05</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 9.3.1.
@@ -9714,10 +9714,10 @@ SELECT ... FROM tab1 x CROSS JOIN (tab2 x CROSS JOIN tab3 y) z
  <sect1 id="release-9-3-1">
   <title>Release 9.3.1</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2013-10-10</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2013-10-10</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 9.3.0.
@@ -9817,10 +9817,10 @@ ALTER EXTENSION hstore UPDATE;
  <sect1 id="release-9-3">
   <title>Release 9.3</title>
 
-  <note>
-   <title>Release Date</title>
-   <simpara>2013-09-09</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+   <title>Release date:</title>
+   <para>2013-09-09</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <sect2>
    <title>Overview</title>
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/release-9.4.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/release-9.4.sgml
index ae60b809595..3317c11fc2b 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/release-9.4.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/release-9.4.sgml
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-9-4-12">
   <title>Release 9.4.12</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2017-05-11</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2017-05-11</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 9.4.11.
@@ -580,10 +580,10 @@ Branch: REL9_2_STABLE [fb50c38e9] 2017-04-17 13:52:42 -0400
  <sect1 id="release-9-4-11">
   <title>Release 9.4.11</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2017-02-09</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2017-02-09</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 9.4.10.
@@ -1113,10 +1113,10 @@ Branch: REL9_2_STABLE [fb50c38e9] 2017-04-17 13:52:42 -0400
  <sect1 id="release-9-4-10">
   <title>Release 9.4.10</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2016-10-27</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2016-10-27</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 9.4.9.
@@ -1579,10 +1579,10 @@ Branch: REL9_4_STABLE [10ad15f48] 2016-09-01 11:45:16 -0400
  <sect1 id="release-9-4-9">
   <title>Release 9.4.9</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2016-08-11</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2016-08-11</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 9.4.8.
@@ -2101,10 +2101,10 @@ Branch: REL9_1_STABLE [de887cc8a] 2016-05-25 19:39:49 -0400
  <sect1 id="release-9-4-8">
   <title>Release 9.4.8</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2016-05-12</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2016-05-12</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 9.4.7.
@@ -2364,10 +2364,10 @@ Branch: REL9_1_STABLE [de887cc8a] 2016-05-25 19:39:49 -0400
  <sect1 id="release-9-4-7">
   <title>Release 9.4.7</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2016-03-31</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2016-03-31</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 9.4.6.
@@ -2635,10 +2635,10 @@ Branch: REL9_1_STABLE [de887cc8a] 2016-05-25 19:39:49 -0400
  <sect1 id="release-9-4-6">
   <title>Release 9.4.6</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2016-02-11</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2016-02-11</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 9.4.5.
@@ -3732,10 +3732,10 @@ Branch: REL9_1_STABLE [386dcd539] 2015-12-11 19:08:40 -0500
  <sect1 id="release-9-4-5">
   <title>Release 9.4.5</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2015-10-08</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2015-10-08</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 9.4.4.
@@ -5255,10 +5255,10 @@ Branch: REL9_0_STABLE [47ac95f37] 2015-10-02 19:16:37 -0400
  <sect1 id="release-9-4-4">
   <title>Release 9.4.4</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2015-06-12</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2015-06-12</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a small number of fixes from 9.4.3.
@@ -5436,10 +5436,10 @@ Branch: REL9_3_STABLE [d3fdec6ae] 2015-06-03 11:58:47 -0400
  <sect1 id="release-9-4-3">
   <title>Release 9.4.3</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2015-06-04</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2015-06-04</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a small number of fixes from 9.4.2.
@@ -5579,10 +5579,10 @@ Branch: REL9_0_STABLE [b06649b7f] 2015-05-26 22:15:00 -0400
  <sect1 id="release-9-4-2">
   <title>Release 9.4.2</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2015-05-22</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2015-05-22</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 9.4.1.
@@ -6860,10 +6860,10 @@ Branch: REL9_0_STABLE [3c3749a3b] 2015-05-15 19:36:20 -0400
  <sect1 id="release-9-4-1">
   <title>Release 9.4.1</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2015-02-05</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2015-02-05</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 9.4.0.
@@ -7673,10 +7673,10 @@ Branch: REL9_4_STABLE [c2b06ab17] 2015-01-30 22:45:58 -0500
  <sect1 id="release-9-4">
   <title>Release 9.4</title>
 
-  <note>
-   <title>Release Date</title>
-   <simpara>2014-12-18</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+   <title>Release date:</title>
+   <para>2014-12-18</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <sect2>
    <title>Overview</title>
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/release-9.5.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/release-9.5.sgml
index 1c2aca06831..14a9b9d3b0c 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/release-9.5.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/release-9.5.sgml
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-9-5-7">
   <title>Release 9.5.7</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2017-05-11</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2017-05-11</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 9.5.6.
@@ -641,10 +641,10 @@ Branch: REL9_3_STABLE [3aa16b117] 2017-05-06 22:17:35 -0400
  <sect1 id="release-9-5-6">
   <title>Release 9.5.6</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2017-02-09</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2017-02-09</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 9.5.5.
@@ -1303,10 +1303,10 @@ Branch: REL9_2_STABLE [60314e28e] 2016-12-13 19:08:09 -0600
  <sect1 id="release-9-5-5">
   <title>Release 9.5.5</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2016-10-27</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2016-10-27</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 9.5.4.
@@ -2127,10 +2127,10 @@ Branch: REL9_1_STABLE [380dad29d] 2016-09-02 17:29:32 -0400
  <sect1 id="release-9-5-4">
   <title>Release 9.5.4</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2016-08-11</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2016-08-11</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 9.5.3.
@@ -3200,10 +3200,10 @@ Branch: REL9_1_STABLE [a44388ffe] 2016-08-05 12:59:02 -0400
  <sect1 id="release-9-5-3">
   <title>Release 9.5.3</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2016-05-12</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2016-05-12</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 9.5.2.
@@ -3701,10 +3701,10 @@ Branch: REL9_1_STABLE [bfc39da64] 2016-05-05 20:09:32 -0400
  <sect1 id="release-9-5-2">
   <title>Release 9.5.2</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2016-03-31</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2016-03-31</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 9.5.1.
@@ -4412,10 +4412,10 @@ Branch: REL9_1_STABLE [e5fd35cc5] 2016-03-25 19:03:54 -0400
  <sect1 id="release-9-5-1">
   <title>Release 9.5.1</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2016-02-11</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2016-02-11</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 9.5.0.
@@ -4860,10 +4860,10 @@ Branch: REL9_1_STABLE [6887d72d0] 2016-02-05 10:59:39 -0500
  <sect1 id="release-9-5">
   <title>Release 9.5</title>
 
-  <note>
-   <title>Release Date</title>
-   <simpara>2016-01-07</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+   <title>Release date:</title>
+   <para>2016-01-07</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <sect2>
    <title>Overview</title>
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/release-9.6.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/release-9.6.sgml
index e8fb97cb7ff..764f812d60a 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/release-9.6.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/release-9.6.sgml
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-9-6-3">
   <title>Release 9.6.3</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2017-05-11</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2017-05-11</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 9.6.2.
@@ -1124,10 +1124,10 @@ Branch: REL9_2_STABLE [82e7d3dfd] 2017-05-07 11:57:41 -0400
  <sect1 id="release-9-6-2">
   <title>Release 9.6.2</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2017-02-09</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2017-02-09</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 9.6.1.
@@ -2541,10 +2541,10 @@ Branch: REL9_2_STABLE [ef878cc2c] 2017-01-30 11:41:09 -0500
  <sect1 id="release-9-6-1">
   <title>Release 9.6.1</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2016-10-27</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2016-10-27</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 9.6.0.
@@ -3136,10 +3136,10 @@ Branch: REL9_1_STABLE [22cf97635] 2016-10-19 17:57:06 -0400
  <sect1 id="release-9-6">
   <title>Release 9.6</title>
 
-  <note>
-   <title>Release Date</title>
-   <simpara>2016-09-29</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+   <title>Release date:</title>
+   <para>2016-09-29</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <sect2>
    <title>Overview</title>
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/release-old.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/release-old.sgml
index 037b1e8e0c8..d4de6b13574 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/release-old.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/release-old.sgml
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-7-3-21">
   <title>Release 7.3.21</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2008-01-07</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2008-01-07</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 7.3.20,
@@ -116,10 +116,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-7-3-20">
   <title>Release 7.3.20</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2007-09-17</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2007-09-17</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains fixes from 7.3.19.
@@ -177,10 +177,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-7-3-19">
   <title>Release 7.3.19</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2007-04-23</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2007-04-23</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains fixes from 7.3.18,
@@ -233,10 +233,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-7-3-18">
   <title>Release 7.3.18</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2007-02-05</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2007-02-05</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 7.3.17, including
@@ -295,10 +295,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-7-3-17">
   <title>Release 7.3.17</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2007-01-08</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2007-01-08</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 7.3.16.
@@ -351,10 +351,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-7-3-16">
   <title>Release 7.3.16</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2006-10-16</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2006-10-16</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 7.3.15.
@@ -393,10 +393,10 @@
  <sect1 id="release-7-3-15">
   <title>Release 7.3.15</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2006-05-23</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2006-05-23</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 7.3.14,
@@ -485,10 +485,10 @@ Fuhr)</para></listitem>
  <sect1 id="release-7-3-14">
   <title>Release 7.3.14</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2006-02-14</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2006-02-14</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 7.3.13.
@@ -542,10 +542,10 @@ and <function>isinf</> during configure (Tom)</para></listitem>
  <sect1 id="release-7-3-13">
   <title>Release 7.3.13</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2006-01-09</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2006-01-09</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 7.3.12.
@@ -604,10 +604,10 @@ what's actually returned by the query (Joe)</para></listitem>
  <sect1 id="release-7-3-12">
   <title>Release 7.3.12</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2005-12-12</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2005-12-12</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 7.3.11.
@@ -651,10 +651,10 @@ table has been dropped</para></listitem>
  <sect1 id="release-7-3-11">
   <title>Release 7.3.11</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2005-10-04</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2005-10-04</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 7.3.10.
@@ -702,10 +702,10 @@ the variable is of pass-by-reference type</para></listitem>
  <sect1 id="release-7-3-10">
   <title>Release 7.3.10</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2005-05-09</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2005-05-09</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 7.3.9, including several
@@ -828,10 +828,10 @@ month-related formats</para></listitem>
  <sect1 id="release-7-3-9">
   <title>Release 7.3.9</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2005-01-31</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2005-01-31</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 7.3.8, including several
@@ -884,10 +884,10 @@ datestyles</para></listitem>
  <sect1 id="release-7-3-8">
   <title>Release 7.3.8</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2004-10-22</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2004-10-22</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 7.3.7.
@@ -934,10 +934,10 @@ concern since there is no reason for non-developers to use this script anyway.
  <sect1 id="release-7-3-7">
   <title>Release 7.3.7</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2004-08-16</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2004-08-16</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains one critical fix over 7.3.6, and some minor items.
@@ -974,10 +974,10 @@ since <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> 7.1.
  <sect1 id="release-7-3-6">
   <title>Release 7.3.6</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2004-03-02</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2004-03-02</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 7.3.5.
@@ -1039,10 +1039,10 @@ operations on bytea columns (Joe)</para></listitem>
  <sect1 id="release-7-3-5">
   <title>Release 7.3.5</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2003-12-03</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2003-12-03</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This has a variety of fixes from 7.3.4.
@@ -1090,10 +1090,10 @@ operations on bytea columns (Joe)</para></listitem>
  <sect1 id="release-7-3-4">
   <title>Release 7.3.4</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2003-07-24</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2003-07-24</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This has a variety of fixes from 7.3.3.
@@ -1130,10 +1130,10 @@ operations on bytea columns (Joe)</para></listitem>
 <sect1 id="release-7-3-3">
  <title>Release 7.3.3</title>
 
- <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2003-05-22</simpara>
- </note>
+ <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2003-05-22</para>
+ </formalpara>
 
  <para>
   This release contains a variety of fixes for version 7.3.2.
@@ -1240,10 +1240,10 @@ operations on bytea columns (Joe)</para></listitem>
 <sect1 id="release-7-3-2">
  <title>Release 7.3.2</title>
 
- <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2003-02-04</simpara>
- </note>
+ <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2003-02-04</para>
+ </formalpara>
 
  <para>
   This release contains a variety of fixes for version 7.3.1.
@@ -1301,10 +1301,10 @@ operations on bytea columns (Joe)</para></listitem>
 <sect1 id="release-7-3-1">
  <title>Release 7.3.1</title>
 
- <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2002-12-18</simpara>
- </note>
+ <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2002-12-18</para>
+ </formalpara>
 
  <para>
   This release contains a variety of fixes for version 7.3.
@@ -1351,10 +1351,10 @@ operations on bytea columns (Joe)</para></listitem>
 <sect1 id="release-7-3">
  <title>Release 7.3</title>
 
- <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2002-11-27</simpara>
- </note>
+ <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2002-11-27</para>
+ </formalpara>
 
  <sect2>
   <title>Overview</title>
@@ -1987,10 +1987,10 @@ operations on bytea columns (Joe)</para></listitem>
  <sect1 id="release-7-2-8">
   <title>Release 7.2.8</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2005-05-09</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2005-05-09</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 7.2.7, including one
@@ -2038,10 +2038,10 @@ month-related formats</para></listitem>
  <sect1 id="release-7-2-7">
   <title>Release 7.2.7</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2005-01-31</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2005-01-31</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 7.2.6, including several
@@ -2086,10 +2086,10 @@ datestyles</para></listitem>
  <sect1 id="release-7-2-6">
   <title>Release 7.2.6</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2004-10-22</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2004-10-22</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 7.2.5.
@@ -2137,10 +2137,10 @@ concern since there is no reason for non-developers to use this script anyway.
  <sect1 id="release-7-2-5">
   <title>Release 7.2.5</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2004-08-16</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2004-08-16</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains a variety of fixes from 7.2.4.
@@ -2180,10 +2180,10 @@ since <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> 7.1.
 <sect1 id="release-7-2-4">
  <title>Release 7.2.4</title>
 
- <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2003-01-30</simpara>
- </note>
+ <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2003-01-30</para>
+ </formalpara>
 
  <para>
   This release contains a variety of fixes for version 7.2.3,
@@ -2219,10 +2219,10 @@ since <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> 7.1.
 <sect1 id="release-7-2-3">
  <title>Release 7.2.3</title>
 
- <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2002-10-01</simpara>
- </note>
+ <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2002-10-01</para>
+ </formalpara>
 
  <para>
   This release contains a variety of fixes for version 7.2.2,
@@ -2256,10 +2256,10 @@ since <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> 7.1.
 <sect1 id="release-7-2-2">
  <title>Release 7.2.2</title>
 
- <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2002-08-23</simpara>
- </note>
+ <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2002-08-23</para>
+ </formalpara>
 
  <para>
   This release contains a variety of fixes for version 7.2.1.
@@ -2299,10 +2299,10 @@ since <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> 7.1.
 <sect1 id="release-7-2-1">
  <title>Release 7.2.1</title>
 
- <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2002-03-21</simpara>
- </note>
+ <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2002-03-21</para>
+ </formalpara>
 
  <para>
   This release contains a variety of fixes for version 7.2.
@@ -2345,10 +2345,10 @@ since <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> 7.1.
 <sect1 id="release-7-2">
  <title>Release 7.2</title>
 
- <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2002-02-04</simpara>
- </note>
+ <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2002-02-04</para>
+ </formalpara>
 
  <sect2>
   <title>Overview</title>
@@ -2901,10 +2901,10 @@ since <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> 7.1.
  <sect1 id="release-7-1-3">
   <title>Release 7.1.3</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2001-08-15</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2001-08-15</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <sect2>
    <title>Migration to Version 7.1.3</title>
@@ -2939,10 +2939,10 @@ Cygwin build (Jason Tishler)
  <sect1 id="release-7-1-2">
   <title>Release 7.1.2</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2001-05-11</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2001-05-11</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This has one fix from 7.1.1.
@@ -2977,10 +2977,10 @@ pg_dump cleanups
  <sect1 id="release-7-1-1">
   <title>Release 7.1.1</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2001-05-05</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2001-05-05</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This has a variety of fixes from 7.1.
@@ -3024,10 +3024,10 @@ Python fixes (Darcy)
  <sect1 id="release-7-1">
   <title>Release 7.1</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2001-04-13</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2001-04-13</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
        This release focuses on removing limitations that have existed in the
@@ -3322,10 +3322,10 @@ New FreeBSD tools ipc_check, start-scripts/freebsd
  <sect1 id="release-7-0-3">
   <title>Release 7.0.3</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2000-11-11</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2000-11-11</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This has a variety of fixes from 7.0.2.
@@ -3394,10 +3394,10 @@ Fix for crash of backend, on abort (Tom)
  <sect1 id="release-7-0-2">
   <title>Release 7.0.2</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2000-06-05</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2000-06-05</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This is a repackaging of 7.0.1 with added documentation.
@@ -3428,10 +3428,10 @@ Added documentation to tarball.
  <sect1 id="release-7-0-1">
   <title>Release 7.0.1</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2000-06-01</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2000-06-01</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This is a cleanup release for 7.0.
@@ -3483,10 +3483,10 @@ ecpg changes (Michael)
  <sect1 id="release-7-0">
   <title>Release 7.0</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>2000-05-08</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>2000-05-08</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release contains improvements in many areas, demonstrating
@@ -3952,10 +3952,10 @@ New multibyte encodings
  <sect1 id="release-6-5-3">
   <title>Release 6.5.3</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>1999-10-13</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>1999-10-13</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This is basically a cleanup release for 6.5.2.  We have added a new
@@ -3988,10 +3988,10 @@ Fix dumping rules on inherited tables
  <sect1 id="release-6-5-2">
   <title>Release 6.5.2</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>1999-09-15</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>1999-09-15</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This is basically a cleanup release for 6.5.1.  We have fixed a variety of
@@ -4045,10 +4045,10 @@ Updated version of pgaccess 0.98
  <sect1 id="release-6-5-1">
   <title>Release 6.5.1</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>1999-07-15</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>1999-07-15</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This is basically a cleanup release for 6.5.  We have fixed a variety of
@@ -4100,10 +4100,10 @@ Add Win1250 (Czech) support (Pavel Behal)
  <sect1 id="release-6-5">
   <title>Release 6.5</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>1999-06-09</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>1999-06-09</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    This release marks a major step in the development team's mastery of the source
@@ -4500,10 +4500,10 @@ New install commands for plpgsql(Jan)
 <sect1 id="release-6-4-2">
 <title>Release 6.4.2</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>1998-12-20</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>1998-12-20</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
 <para>
 The 6.4.1 release was improperly packaged.  This also has one additional
@@ -4535,10 +4535,10 @@ Fix for datetime constant problem on some platforms(Thomas)
 <sect1 id="release-6-4-1">
 <title>Release 6.4.1</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>1998-12-18</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>1998-12-18</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
 <para>
 This is basically a cleanup release for 6.4.  We have fixed a variety of
@@ -4599,10 +4599,10 @@ Upgrade to PyGreSQL 2.2(D'Arcy)
 <sect1 id="release-6-4">
 <title>Release 6.4</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>1998-10-30</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>1998-10-30</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
 <para>
 There are <emphasis>many</emphasis> new features and improvements in this release.
@@ -4896,10 +4896,10 @@ new Makefile.shlib for shared library configuration(Tom)
 <sect1 id="release-6-3-2">
 <title>Release 6.3.2</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>1998-04-07</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>1998-04-07</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
 <para>
 This is a bug-fix release for 6.3.x.
@@ -4966,10 +4966,10 @@ ASSERT fixes(Bruce)
  <sect1 id="release-6-3-1">
   <title>Release 6.3.1</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>1998-03-23</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>1998-03-23</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    Summary:
@@ -5052,10 +5052,10 @@ Better identify tcl and tk libs and includes(Bruce)
  <sect1 id="release-6-3">
   <title>Release 6.3</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>1998-03-01</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>1998-03-01</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
   <para>
    There are <emphasis>many</emphasis> new features and improvements in this release.
@@ -5364,10 +5364,10 @@ Remove un-needed malloc() calls and replace with palloc()(Bruce)
 <sect1 id="release-6-2-1">
 <title>Release 6.2.1</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>1997-10-17</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>1997-10-17</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
 <para>
 6.2.1 is a bug-fix and usability release on 6.2.
@@ -5446,10 +5446,10 @@ Trigger function for inserting user names for INSERT/UPDATE(Brook Milligan)
 <sect1 id="release-6-2">
 <title>Release 6.2</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>1997-10-02</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>1997-10-02</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
 <para>
 A dump/restore is required for those wishing to migrate data from
@@ -5599,10 +5599,10 @@ SPI and Trigger programming guides (Vadim &amp; D'Arcy)
 <sect1 id="release-6-1-1">
 <title>Release 6.1.1</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>1997-07-22</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>1997-07-22</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
 <sect2>
 <title>Migration from version 6.1 to version 6.1.1</title>
@@ -5644,10 +5644,10 @@ pg_dumpall now returns proper status, portability fix(Bruce)
 <sect1 id="release-6-1">
 <title>Release 6.1</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>1997-06-08</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>1997-06-08</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
 <para>
  The regression tests have been adapted and extensively modified for the
@@ -5816,10 +5816,10 @@ DG/UX, Ultrix, IRIX, AIX portability fixes
 <sect1 id="release-6-0">
 <title>Release 6.0</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>1997-01-29</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>1997-01-29</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
 <para>
 A dump/restore is required for those wishing to migrate data from
@@ -5960,10 +5960,10 @@ Unused/uninitialized variables corrected
 <sect1 id="release-1-09">
 <title>Release 1.09</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>1996-11-04</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>1996-11-04</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
 <para>
 Sorry, we didn't keep track of changes from 1.02 to 1.09.  Some of
@@ -5975,10 +5975,10 @@ releases.
 <sect1 id="release-1-02">
 <title>Release 1.02</title>
 
-  <note>
-  <title>Release Date</title>
-  <simpara>1996-08-01</simpara>
-  </note>
+  <formalpara>
+  <title>Release date:</title>
+  <para>1996-08-01</para>
+  </formalpara>
 
 <sect2>
 <title>Migration from version 1.02 to version 1.02.1</title>
@@ -6124,10 +6124,10 @@ Contributors (apologies to any missed)
 <sect1 id="release-1-01">
 <title>Release 1.01</title>
 
-   <note>
-   <title>Release Date</title>
-   <simpara>1996-02-23</simpara>
-   </note>
+   <formalpara>
+   <title>Release date:</title>
+   <para>1996-02-23</para>
+   </formalpara>
 
 
 <sect2>
@@ -6316,10 +6316,10 @@ Bug fixes:
 <sect1 id="release-1-0">
 <title>Release 1.0</title>
 
-   <note>
-   <title>Release Date</title>
-   <simpara>1995-09-05</simpara>
-   </note>
+   <formalpara>
+   <title>Release date:</title>
+   <para>1995-09-05</para>
+   </formalpara>
 
 <sect2>
 <title>Changes</title>
@@ -6373,10 +6373,10 @@ Bug fixes:
 <sect1 id="release-0-03">
 <title><productname>Postgres95</productname> Release 0.03</title>
 
-   <note>
-   <title>Release Date</title>
-   <simpara>1995-07-21</simpara>
-   </note>
+   <formalpara>
+   <title>Release date:</title>
+   <para>1995-07-21</para>
+   </formalpara>
 
 <sect2>
 <title>Changes</title>
@@ -6495,10 +6495,10 @@ New documentation:
 <sect1 id="release-0-02">
 <title><productname>Postgres95</productname> Release 0.02</title>
 
-   <note>
-   <title>Release Date</title>
-   <simpara>1995-05-25</simpara>
-   </note>
+   <formalpara>
+   <title>Release date:</title>
+   <para>1995-05-25</para>
+   </formalpara>
 
 <sect2>
 <title>Changes</title>
@@ -6546,10 +6546,10 @@ The following bugs have been fixed in postgres95-beta-0.02:
 <sect1 id="release-0-01">
 <title><productname>Postgres95</productname> Release 0.01</title>
 
-   <note>
-   <title>Release Date</title>
-   <simpara>1995-05-01</simpara>
-   </note>
+   <formalpara>
+   <title>Release date:</title>
+   <para>1995-05-01</para>
+   </formalpara>
 
 <para>
 Initial release.