diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/portbuild/article.xml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/portbuild/article.xml
index 9ced572929..01f6222e47 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/portbuild/article.xml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/portbuild/article.xml
@@ -136,9 +136,11 @@
 	to <literal>old codebase:</literal>.</para>
 
       <note>
-	<para>As of December 2010, <hostid>pointyhat</hostid> is still
-	  running on the old codebase, until the new codebase is considered
-	  rock-solid.</para>
+	<para>Up until November 2012, <hostid>pointyhat</hostid> had still
+	  been running the old codebase.  That installation has now been
+	  permanently offlined.  Therefore, all the instructions having
+	  to do with the old codebase are <emphasis>obsolete</emphasis>,
+	  and will be removed in the near future.</para>
       </note>
 
       <note>