diff --git a/src/man/listen.l b/src/man/listen.l
index 165fe7ab026165c3801527efe18c82f36b32a66e..e3247a5f84b767b8ca637c11065e07bffe90d4e4 100644
--- a/src/man/listen.l
+++ b/src/man/listen.l
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 .\" This is -*-nroff-*-
 .\" XXX standard disclaimer belongs here....
-.\" $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/man/Attic/listen.l,v 1.8 1998/08/30 21:03:20 scrappy Exp $
+.\" $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/man/Attic/listen.l,v 1.9 1998/10/08 01:16:17 tgl Exp $
 .TH "LISTEN" SQL 03/12/94 PostgreSQL PostgreSQL
 .SH NAME
 listen - listen for notification on a relation
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ listen - listen for notification on a relation
 \fBlisten\fR class_name
 .fi
 .SH DESCRIPTION
+This man page is obsolete.  More complete and reliable info is
+available in the User's Guide reference page for LISTEN.
+.PP
 .BR listen
 is used to register the current backend as a listener on the relation
 .IR class_name .
diff --git a/src/man/notify.l b/src/man/notify.l
index 26b3de6f6fa2ca931cba748bb80e57b2469e7cc8..370677d12fab6a87228c94bb3054b0bbc38ce66a 100644
--- a/src/man/notify.l
+++ b/src/man/notify.l
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 .\" This is -*-nroff-*-
 .\" XXX standard disclaimer belongs here....
-.\" $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/man/Attic/notify.l,v 1.5 1998/07/09 03:29:11 scrappy Exp $
+.\" $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/man/Attic/notify.l,v 1.6 1998/10/08 01:16:18 tgl Exp $
 .TH "NOTIFY" SQL 11/05/95 PostgreSQL PostgreSQL
 .SH NAME
 notify - signal all frontends and backends listening on a class
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ notify - signal all frontends and backends listening on a class
 \fBnotify\fR class_name
 .fi
 .SH DESCRIPTION
+This man page is obsolete.  More complete and reliable info is
+available in the User's Guide reference page for NOTIFY.
+.PP
 .BR notify
 is used to awaken all backends and consequently all frontends
 that have executed