diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c b/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c
index fc708d0d46..156c7563a2 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *    $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c,v 1.35 1997/01/26 15:30:23 scrappy Exp $
+ *    $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c,v 1.36 1997/01/27 22:37:48 scrappy Exp $
  *
  * NOTES
  *
@@ -442,6 +442,7 @@ usage(const char *progname)
     fprintf(stderr, "\t-b backend\tuse a specific backend server executable\n");
     fprintf(stderr, "\t-d [1|2|3]\tset debugging level\n");
     fprintf(stderr, "\t-D datadir\tset data directory\n");
+    fprintf(stderr, "\t-e \tturn on European date format\n");
     fprintf(stderr, "\t-m \tstart up multiplexing backends\n");
     fprintf(stderr, "\t-n\t\tdon't reinitialize shared memory after abnormal exit\n");
     fprintf(stderr, "\t-o option\tpass 'option' to each backend servers\n");
diff --git a/src/backend/tcop/postgres.c b/src/backend/tcop/postgres.c
index 53554578dc..3fdbef11da 100644
--- a/src/backend/tcop/postgres.c
+++ b/src/backend/tcop/postgres.c
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *    $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/tcop/postgres.c,v 1.27 1997/01/26 20:15:06 momjian Exp $
+ *    $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/tcop/postgres.c,v 1.28 1997/01/27 22:37:52 scrappy Exp $
  *
  * NOTES
  *    this is the "main" module of the postgres backend and
@@ -753,6 +753,7 @@ static void usage(char* progname)
     fprintf(stderr, "    C: supress version info\n");
     fprintf(stderr, "    d: set debug level\n");
     fprintf(stderr, "    E: echo query before execution\n");
+    fprintf(stderr, "    e  turn on European date format\n");
     fprintf(stderr, "    F: turn off fsync\n");
     fprintf(stderr, "    f: forbid plantype generation\n");
     fprintf(stderr, "    i: don't execute the query, just show the plan tree\n");
@@ -1282,7 +1283,7 @@ PostgresMain(int argc, char *argv[])
      */
     if (IsUnderPostmaster == false) {
         puts("\nPOSTGRES backend interactive interface");
-        puts("$Revision: 1.27 $ $Date: 1997/01/26 20:15:06 $");
+        puts("$Revision: 1.28 $ $Date: 1997/01/27 22:37:52 $");
     }
     
     /* ----------------