<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,
+ 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.
+ For this reason, hash index use is presently discouraged.
</para>
</note>