Index: Mk/bsd.default-versions.mk
===================================================================
--- Mk/bsd.default-versions.mk
+++ Mk/bsd.default-versions.mk
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 GCC_DEFAULT?=		4.8
 LUA_DEFAULT?=		5.2
 MYSQL_DEFAULT?=		5.5
-PERL5_DEFAULT?=		5.16
+PERL5_DEFAULT?=		5.18
 PGSQL_DEFAULT?=		9.2
 PHP_DEFAULT?=		5.4
 PYTHON_DEFAULT?=	2.7
Index: UPDATING
===================================================================
--- UPDATING
+++ UPDATING
@@ -5,6 +5,42 @@
 You should get into the habit of checking this file for changes each time
 you update your ports collection, before attempting any port upgrades.
 
+20141027:
+  AFFECTS: users of lang/perl5.14 lang/perl5.16
+  AUTHOR: mat@FreeBSD.org
+
+  The default Perl has been switched to lang/perl5.18.  These examples
+  are for switching from lang/perl5.16, if you are running another
+  version, replace lang/perl5.16 with the origin of the Perl you have
+  installed.
+
+  Binary package users:
+
+    # pkg upgrade -f
+
+  Portupgrade users:
+    0) Fix pkgdb.db (for safety):
+        pkgdb -Ff
+
+    1) Reinstall new version of Perl (5.16):
+        portupgrade -o lang/perl5.18 -f lang/perl5.16
+
+    2) Reinstall everything that depends on Perl:
+        portupgrade -fr lang/perl5.18
+
+  Portmaster users:
+        portmaster -o lang/perl5.18 lang/perl5.16
+
+        Conservative:
+        portmaster p5-
+
+        Comprehensive (but perhaps overkill):
+        portmaster -r perl5-
+
+  Note: If the "perl5-" glob matches more than one port you will need to specify
+        the name of the installed Perl package explicitly.  You can get its name
+        by running: pkg info perl5
+
 20141019:
   AFFECTS: users of x11/kde4-runtime
   AUTHOR: kde@FreeBSD.org