diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index 59cb39d288..c251837562 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -469,6 +469,35 @@ Add /contrib/ltree data type for tree structures (Teodor Sigaev, Oleg Bartunov)
 Move /contrib/pg_controldata into main tree (Bruce)
 Fixes to /contrib/cube (Bruno Wolff)
 Improve /contrib/fulltextindex (Christopher)
+
+
+     ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+                                 Release 7.2.3
+
+     Release date: 2002-10-01
+
+   This has a variety of fixes from 7.2.2, including fixes to prevent
+   possible data loss.
+
+     ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+Migration to version 7.2.3
+
+   A dump/restore is *not* required for those running 7.2.X.
+
+     ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+Changes
+
+ Prevent possible compressed transaction log loss (Tom)
+ Prevent non-superuser from increasing most recent vacuum info (Tom)
+ Handle pre-1970 date values in newer versions of glibc (Tom)
+ Fix possible hang during server shutdown
+ Prevent spinlock hangs on SMP PPC machines (Tomoyuki Niijima)
+ Fix pg_dump to properly dump FULL JOIN USING (Tom)
+
+
      ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
                                  Release 7.2.2
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml
index 20ba75d0f3..9260c7013e 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.161 2002/09/24 23:37:42 momjian Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.162 2002/10/01 03:23:05 momjian Exp $
 -->
 
 <appendix id="release">
@@ -137,6 +137,46 @@ Regular expression function SUBSTRING() implemented per SQL99
  </sect1>
 
 
+  <sect1 id="release-7-2-3">
+   <title>Release 7.2.3</title>
+
+   <note>
+   <title>Release date</title>
+   <simpara>2002-10-01</simpara>
+   </note>
+
+   <para>
+    This has a variety of fixes from 7.2.2, including fixes to prevent
+    possible data loss.
+   </para>
+
+
+   <sect2>
+    <title>Migration to version 7.2.3</title>
+
+    <para>
+     A dump/restore is <emphasis>not</emphasis> required for those running
+     7.2.X.
+    </para>
+   </sect2>
+
+   <sect2>
+    <title>Changes</title>
+
+    <para>
+<literallayout>
+Prevent possible compressed transaction log loss (Tom)
+Prevent non-superuser from increasing most recent vacuum info (Tom)
+Handle pre-1970 date values in newer versions of glibc (Tom)
+Fix possible hang during server shutdown
+Prevent spinlock hangs on SMP PPC machines (Tomoyuki Niijima)
+Fix pg_dump to properly dump FULL JOIN USING (Tom)
+</literallayout>
+    </para>
+   </sect2>
+  </sect1>
+  
+  
   <sect1 id="release-7-2-2">
    <title>Release 7.2.2</title>