diff --git a/doc/misc/migration b/doc/misc/migration
index 2e6b7adc5d..0ddae3288a 100644
--- a/doc/misc/migration
+++ b/doc/misc/migration
@@ -22,8 +22,14 @@ If your named.conf file uses an unimplemented option, named will log a
 warning message.  A message is also logged about each option whose
 default has changed unless the option is set explicitly in named.conf.
 
+1.2. Handling of Configuration File Errors
 
-1.2. Logging
+In BIND 9, named refuses to start if it detects an error in
+named.conf.  Earlier versions would start despite errors, causing the
+server to run with a partial configuration.  Errors detected during
+subsequent reloads do not cause the server to exit.
+
+1.3. Logging
 
 The set of logging categories in BIND 9 is different from that
 in BIND 8.  If you have customized your logging on a per-category
@@ -99,4 +105,4 @@ completely.  We have contacted the manufacturer of the name server in
 case and are trying to resolve the issue with them.
 
 
-$Id: migration,v 1.6 2000/08/22 00:58:12 gson Exp $
+$Id: migration,v 1.7 2000/08/29 17:57:29 gson Exp $