diff -Naur UPDATING UPDATING
--- UPDATING	2016-05-17 14:02:17.527385000 +0200
+++ UPDATING	2016-05-17 14:44:07.167788000 +0200
@@ -5,6 +5,15 @@
 You should get into the habit of checking this file for changes each time
 you update your ports collection, before attempting any port upgrades.
 
+20160517:
+  AFFECTS: users of databases/mysql57-(server|client)
+  AUTHOR: rootservice@gmail.com
+
+  Please keep in mind that the default location for my.cnf has been changed
+  to "/usr/local/etc/mysql/my.cnf". If you do not want to move your existing
+  my.cnf to the new location, you must set "mysql_optfile" in /etc/rc.conf
+  to the location of your my.cnf before (re)starting MySQL.
+
 20160511:
   AFFECTS: Users of audio/clementine-player
   AUTHOR: sbruno@FreeBSD.org
diff -Naur databases/mysql57-server/files/mysql-server.in databases/mysql57-server/files/mysql-server.in
--- databases/mysql57-server/files/mysql-server.in	2016-05-17 14:03:26.592663000 +0200
+++ databases/mysql57-server/files/mysql-server.in	2016-05-17 14:21:04.067596000 +0200
@@ -62,12 +62,20 @@
 
 mysql_prestart()
 {
+	if [ -f "/usr/local/etc/my.cnf" ]; then
+		echo ""
+		echo "Please keep in mind that the default location for my.cnf has been changed"
+		echo "to \"/usr/local/etc/mysql/my.cnf\". If you do not want to move your existing"
+		echo "my.cnf to the new location, you must set "mysql_optfile" in /etc/rc.conf"
+		echo "to the location of your my.cnf before (re)starting MySQL."
+		echo ""
+	fi
 	if [ -f "${mysql_dbdir}/my.cnf" ]; then
 		echo ""
-		echo "Please keep in mind that the default location for my.cnf will be changed"
-		echo "from \"%%MY_DBDIR%%/my.cnf\" to \"%%ETCDIR%%/my.cnf\" in the near"
-		echo "future.  If you do not want to move your my.cnf to the new location then"
-		echo "you must set \"mysql_optfile\" in /etc/rc.conf to \"/var/db/mysql/my.cnf\"."
+		echo "Please keep in mind that the default location for my.cnf has been changed"
+		echo "to \"/usr/local/etc/mysql/my.cnf\". If you do not want to move your existing"
+		echo "my.cnf to the new location, you must set "mysql_optfile" in /etc/rc.conf"
+		echo "to the location of your my.cnf before (re)starting MySQL."
 		echo ""
 	fi
 
diff -Naur databases/mysql57-server/pkg-message databases/mysql57-server/pkg-message
--- databases/mysql57-server/pkg-message	2016-05-17 14:03:26.612923000 +0200
+++ databases/mysql57-server/pkg-message	2016-05-17 14:18:33.179428000 +0200
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@
 
 *****************************************************************************
 
-Please keep in mind that the default location for my.cnf will be changed
-from "/var/db/mysql/my.cnf" to "/usr/local/etc/mysql/my.cnf" in the near
-future.  If you do not want to move your my.cnf to the new location then
-you must set "mysql_optfile" in /etc/rc.conf to "/var/db/mysql/my.cnf".
+Please keep in mind that the default location for my.cnf has been changed
+to "/usr/local/etc/mysql/my.cnf". If you do not want to move your existing
+my.cnf to the new location, you must set "mysql_optfile" in /etc/rc.conf
+to the location of your my.cnf before (re)starting MySQL.
 
 *****************************************************************************