diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/release-7.4.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/release-7.4.sgml
index 5a4c52d4c2..1b5796c958 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 299c34e0f0..4f04024d2e 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 0cb5587e9b..0db2d91547 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 7f6a74bac9..8a67cf22cc 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 b56edb0102..693d725557 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 bea0dc7bde..ac5a92f5a7 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 f4f98564b8..c50203a5c8 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 eb2d6ac278..e1b1f3aab2 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 62be52d098..804882bd2e 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 c5a5342afc..700ca08114 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 2835776d77..41644de682 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 6a76463e78..cefb364945 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 b32826f210..0ee995e5f0 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 573b40bea6..d56a5f65b4 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.