diff --git a/reference/mysql/configure.xml b/reference/mysql/configure.xml
index a2781680c6..1a68071b89 100644
--- a/reference/mysql/configure.xml
+++ b/reference/mysql/configure.xml
@@ -3,6 +3,12 @@
 <section xml:id="mysql.installation" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
  &reftitle.install;
 
+ <refsynopsisdiv>
+  <warning>
+   &mysql.alternative.note;
+  </warning>
+ </refsynopsisdiv>
+
  <para xml:id="mysql.configure">
   For compiling, simply use the 
   <option role="configure">--with-mysql[=DIR]</option>
diff --git a/reference/mysql/setup.xml b/reference/mysql/setup.xml
index 0302de184d..9e8da2e8cc 100644
--- a/reference/mysql/setup.xml
+++ b/reference/mysql/setup.xml
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@
    MySQL support.
   </para>
  </section>
+  <refsynopsisdiv>
+  <warning>
+   &mysql.alternative.note;
+  </warning>
+ </refsynopsisdiv>
  <!-- }}} -->
 
  <!-- {{{ Installation -->