diff --git a/UPDATING b/UPDATING
index 60d59f64b2a3..bf11bfabda74 100644
--- a/UPDATING
+++ b/UPDATING
@@ -21,6 +21,16 @@ NOTE TO PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT FreeBSD 7.x IS SLOW:
 	developers choose to disable these features on build machines
 	to maximize performance.
 
+20060118:
+	This actually occured some time ago, but installing the kernel
+	now also installs a bunch of symbol files for the kernel modules.
+	This increases the size of /boot/kenrnel to about 67Mbytes. You
+	will need twice this if you will eventually back this up to kernel.old
+	on your next install.
+	If you have a shortage of room in your root partition, you should add
+	-DINSTALL_NODEBUG to your make arguments or add INSTALL_NODEBUG="yes"
+	to your /etc/make.conf.
+
 20060113:
 	libc's malloc implementation has been replaced.  This change has the
 	potential to uncover application bugs that previously went unnoticed.