--- indices.sgml	2008-10-13 14:40:06.000000000 -0500
+++ indices.sgml.NEW	2008-11-04 12:42:35.000000000 -0600
@@ -190,13 +190,11 @@
 
   <note>
    <para>
-    Testing has shown <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>'s hash
-    indexes to perform no better than B-tree indexes, and the
-    index size and build time for hash indexes is much worse.
-    Furthermore, hash index operations are not presently WAL-logged,
+    <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>'s hash indexes provide
+    the fast O(1) lookups, even for very large objects.
+    Hash index operations are not presently WAL-logged,
     so hash indexes might need to be rebuilt with <command>REINDEX</>
-    after a database crash.
-    For these reasons, hash index use is presently discouraged.
+    after a database crash. 
    </para>
   </note>