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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml
index b78a942bcd1..7678be4d436 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml
@@ -71,26 +71,81 @@ For new features, add links to the documentation sections.
   </para>
 
 <!--
-  To add a new major-release series, add an entry here and in filelist.sgml.
-
-  The reason for splitting the release notes this way is so that appropriate
-  subsets can easily be copied into back branches.
+  When beginning a new major-release series, create a new release-NN.sgml
+  file, removing the previous one, and change the &-reference here.
+  Don't forget to update filelist.sgml.  Also, add a link to the on-line
+  documentation for the newly forked-off branch in the list below.
+
+  The reason for keeping each branch's release notes in a differently-named
+  file is to reduce confusion when preparing minor-release updates.
+  All the active branches have to be edited concurrently when doing that.
 -->
+
 &release-11;
-&release-10;
-&release-9.6;
-&release-9.5;
-&release-9.4;
-&release-9.3;
-&release-9.2;
-&release-9.1;
-&release-9.0;
-&release-8.4;
-&release-8.3;
-&release-8.2;
-&release-8.1;
-&release-8.0;
-&release-7.4;
-&release-old;
+
+ <sect1 id="release-prior">
+  <title>Prior Releases</title>
+
+  <para>
+   Release notes for prior release branches can be found on the
+   <ulink url="https://www.postgresql.org/"><productname>PostgreSQL</productname></ulink>
+   web site.  At the time of release of version 11,
+   these were the supported prior release branches:
+
+   <itemizedlist>
+    <listitem>
+     <para>
+      <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> 10:
+      <ulink url="https://www.postgresql.org/docs/10/release.html">
+       <literal>https://www.postgresql.org/docs/10/release.html</literal>
+      </ulink>
+     </para>
+    </listitem>
+
+    <listitem>
+     <para>
+      <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> 9.6:
+      <ulink url="https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.6/release.html">
+       <literal>https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.6/release.html</literal>
+      </ulink>
+     </para>
+    </listitem>
+
+    <listitem>
+     <para>
+      <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> 9.5:
+      <ulink url="https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.5/release.html">
+       <literal>https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.5/release.html</literal>
+      </ulink>
+     </para>
+    </listitem>
+
+    <listitem>
+     <para>
+      <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> 9.4:
+      <ulink url="https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.4/release.html">
+       <literal>https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.4/release.html</literal>
+      </ulink>
+     </para>
+    </listitem>
+
+    <listitem>
+     <para>
+      <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> 9.3:
+      <ulink url="https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.3/release.html">
+       <literal>https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.3/release.html</literal>
+      </ulink>
+     </para>
+    </listitem>
+   </itemizedlist>
+  </para>
+
+  <para>
+   Release notes for older release branches can be found at
+   <ulink url="https://www.postgresql.org/docs/manuals/archive/">
+    <literal>https://www.postgresql.org/docs/manuals/archive/</literal>
+   </ulink>
+  </para>
+ </sect1>
 
 </appendix>