diff --git a/doc/FAQ_BSDI b/doc/FAQ_BSDI
index 09abb57d0993bdfa58e4c6838bd1d545b9dc69a5..bc678026afb747cfc624cfe96479104cade5e695 100644
--- a/doc/FAQ_BSDI
+++ b/doc/FAQ_BSDI
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ Bruce Momjian (pgman@candle.pha.pa.us)  2000-07-7
 1)  To increase the amount of malloc'ed memory and files opened by
 PostgreSQL, add this:
 
-          :datasize-cur=600M:\
+          :datasize-cur=256M:\
           :openfiles-cur=256:
 
 to your /etc/login.conf file.
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml
index e26662117e1c6c3213fa74df0e57cb00dd9b4810..a003c7278554d978e3b4d807274823d28a8016b5 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml,v 1.51 2001/02/15 04:28:50 tgl Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml,v 1.52 2001/02/16 16:10:06 momjian Exp $
 -->
 
 <Chapter Id="runtime">
@@ -1536,14 +1536,13 @@ env PGOPTIONS='-c geqo=off' psql
         <para>
          By default, only 4 MB of shared memory is supported. Keep in
          mind that shared memory is not pageable; it is locked in RAM.
-         To increase the number of buffers supported by the
-         postmaster, increase <varname>SHMMAXPGS</> by 1024 for every
-         additional 4 MB of shared memory:
+	 To increase the number of buffers supported by the postmaseter, add the
+	 following to your kernel config file.  A <varname>SHMALL</> value of 1024 
+	 represents 4MB of shared memory.  Increase it accordingly:
 <programlisting>
-/sys/sys/shm.h:69:#define       SHMMAXPGS       1024    /* max hardware pages... */
+options "SHMALL=4096"
+options "SHMMAX=\(SHMALL*PAGE_SIZE\)"
 </programlisting>
-         The default setting of 1024 provides a maximum of 4 MB of shared
-         memory.
         </para>
        </formalpara>
 
@@ -1561,7 +1560,7 @@ $ <userinput>bpatch -r sysptsize</>
         the bpatch value, plus add 1 for every additional 4 MB of
         shared memory you desire.
 <programlisting>
-/sys/i386/i386/i386_param.c:28:#define  SYSPTSIZE 0        /* dynamically... */
+options "SYSPTSIZE=13"
 </programlisting>
         <varname>sysptsize</> can not be changed by sysctl on the fly.
        </para>