diff --git a/src/VERSION b/src/VERSION
index 34aae156..8dfbc406 100644
--- a/src/VERSION
+++ b/src/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.31.0
+1.31.1pre1
diff --git a/src/doc/user/usermanual.html b/src/doc/user/usermanual.html
index 684744bc..f298584d 100644
--- a/src/doc/user/usermanual.html
+++ b/src/doc/user/usermanual.html
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ alink="#0000FF">
     <div class="list-of-tables">
       <p><b>List of Tables</b></p>
       <dl>
-        <dt>3.1. <a href="#idm1495">Keyboard shortcuts</a></dt>
+        <dt>3.1. <a href="#idm1497">Keyboard shortcuts</a></dt>
       </dl>
     </div>
     <div class="chapter">
@@ -2045,8 +2045,13 @@ recollindex -c "$confdir"
         </div>
         <p>User extended attributes are named pieces of information
         that most modern file systems can attach to any file.</p>
-        <p><span class="application">Recoll</span> processes
-        extended attributes as document fields by default.</p>
+        <p><span class="application">Recoll</span> processes all
+        extended attributes as document fields. Note that most
+        fields are not indexed by default, you need to activate
+        them by defining a prefix in the <a class="link" href=
+        "#RCL.INSTALL.CONFIG.FIELDS" title=
+        "5.4.3.&nbsp;The fields file"><code class=
+        "filename">fields</code> configuration file</a>.</p>
         <p>A <a class="ulink" href=
         "http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/CommonExtendedAttributes"
         target="_top">freedesktop standard</a> defines a few
@@ -2070,8 +2075,8 @@ recollindex -c "$confdir"
         "application">Recoll</span> fields of the same name.</p>
         <p>On Linux, the <code class="literal">user</code> prefix
         is removed from the name.</p>
-        <p>The name translation can be configured more precisely
-        inside the <a class="link" href=
+        <p>The name translation can be configured more precisely,
+        also inside the <a class="link" href=
         "#RCL.INSTALL.CONFIG.FIELDS" title=
         "5.4.3.&nbsp;The fields file"><code class=
         "filename">fields</code> configuration file</a>.</p>
@@ -4119,7 +4124,7 @@ fs.inotify.max_user_watches=32768
           <span class="guilabel">Shortcut</span> column, and type
           the desired sequence.</p>
           <div class="table">
-            <a name="idm1495" id="idm1495"></a>
+            <a name="idm1497" id="idm1497"></a>
             <p class="title"><b>Table&nbsp;3.1.&nbsp;Keyboard
             shortcuts</b></p>
             <div class="table-contents">
diff --git a/src/doc/user/usermanual.xml b/src/doc/user/usermanual.xml
index c42bec90..506616c0 100644
--- a/src/doc/user/usermanual.xml
+++ b/src/doc/user/usermanual.xml
@@ -1323,10 +1323,12 @@ recollindex -c "$confdir"
       <title>&LIN;: using extended attributes</title>
 
       <para>User extended attributes are named pieces of information
-      that most modern file systems can attach to any file.</para>
+        that most modern file systems can attach to any file.</para>
 
-      <para>&RCL; processes extended attributes as document fields by
-      default.</para>
+      <para>&RCL; processes all extended attributes as document fields. Note that most
+        fields are not indexed by default, you need to activate them by defining a prefix in
+        the <link linkend="RCL.INSTALL.CONFIG.FIELDS"><filename>fields</filename>
+        configuration file</link>.</para> 
 
       <para>A 
       <ulink url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/CommonExtendedAttributes">
@@ -1346,15 +1348,13 @@ recollindex -c "$confdir"
         </variablelist>
       </para>
 
-      <para>By default, other attributes are handled as &RCL; fields of the
-      same name.</para>
+      <para>By default, other attributes are handled as &RCL; fields of the same name.</para>
 
-      <para>On Linux, the <literal>user</literal> prefix is removed from
-      the name.</para>
+      <para>On Linux, the <literal>user</literal> prefix is removed from the name.</para>
 
-      <para>The name translation can be configured more precisely inside the
-      <link linkend="RCL.INSTALL.CONFIG.FIELDS"><filename>fields</filename> configuration file</link>.
-      </para>
+      <para>The name translation can be configured more precisely, also inside the
+        <link linkend="RCL.INSTALL.CONFIG.FIELDS"><filename>fields</filename> configuration
+          file</link>.</para>
 
     </sect1>