--- a/man/lispref/databases.texi	Mon Aug 13 10:01:24 2007 +0200
+++ b/man/lispref/databases.texi	Mon Aug 13 10:02:21 2007 +0200
@@ -25,6 +25,18 @@
 @var{type} and @var{subtype}, with access rights @var{access} and
 permissions @var{mode}.  @var{access} can be any combination of @code{r}
 @code{w} and @code{+}, for read, write, and creation flags.
+
+@var{type} can have the value @code{'dbm} or @code{'berkeley_db} to
+select the type of database file to use.  (Note:  XEmacs may not
+support both of these types.)
+
+For a @var{type} of @code{'dbm}, there are no subtypes, so
+@var{subtype} should by @code{nil}.
+
+For a @var{type} of @code{'berkeley_db}, the following subtypes are
+available:  @code{'hash}, @code{'btree}, and @code{'recno}.  See the
+manpages for the Berkeley DB functions to more information about these 
+types.
 @end defun
 
 @defun close-database obj