Expand a bit the "how do I change Perl5 major versions" entry.

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diff --git a/UPDATING b/UPDATING
index 8835fc6b2142..8a94e937feed 100644
--- a/UPDATING
+++ b/UPDATING
@@ -3010,6 +3010,11 @@ you update your ports collection, before attempting any port upgrades.
 
 	portupgrade -f `pkg shlib -qR libperl.so.5.20`
 
+	  If, for some reason, this command fails at one point, it is safe to
+	  run it again, it will not rebuild what it already rebuilt, as the
+	  ports that have been rebuilt no longer depend on libperl.so.5.20 but
+	  on libperl.so.5.24.
+
   Portmaster users:
 	portmaster -o lang/perl5.24 lang/perl5.20
 
@@ -3021,6 +3026,11 @@ you update your ports collection, before attempting any port upgrades.
 
 	portmaster -f `pkg shlib -qR libperl.so.5.20`
 
+	  If, for some reason, this command fails at one point, it is safe to
+	  run it again, it will not rebuild what it already rebuilt, as the
+	  ports that have been rebuilt no longer depend on libperl.so.5.20 but
+	  on libperl.so.5.24.
+
 20161102:
   AFFECTS: users of security/acme-client
   AUTHOR: brnrd@FreeBSD.org