From: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
Date: Tue, 27 May 2025 21:50:52 +0000 (-0400)
Subject: doc PG 18 relnotes:  add removal details to MD5 item
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doc PG 18 relnotes:  add removal details to MD5 item

Reported-by: Nathan Bossart

Author: Nathan Bossart

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/aDXLoTcBYjfyqeTA@nathan
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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/release-18.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/release-18.sgml
index 67fde0c1baa..619592bd882 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/release-18.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/release-18.sgml
@@ -82,7 +82,8 @@ Deprecate MD5 password authentication (Nathan Bossart)
 </para>
 
 <para>
-Warnings generated by their use can be disabled by the server variable md5_password_warnings.
+Support for MD5 passwords will be removed in a future major version release.  CREATE ROLE and ALTER ROLE now emit deprecation warnings when setting MD5 passwords.
+These warnings can be disabled by setting the md5_password_warnings parameter to "off".
 </para>
 </listitem>