diff --git a/docs/Bots.md b/docs/Bots.md
index 6f13b9ae5f..6f03009606 100644
--- a/docs/Bots.md
+++ b/docs/Bots.md
@@ -486,58 +486,30 @@ pip3 install pymongo>=2.7.1
 
 #### Configuration Parameters:
 
-* `autocommit`: FIXME
+The parameters marked with 'PostgreSQL' will be send
+to libpq via psycopg2. Check the
+[libpq parameter documentation] (https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/libpq-connect.html#LIBPQ-PARAMKEYWORDS)
+for the versions you are using.
+
+* `autocommit`: [psycopg's autocommit mode](http://initd.org/psycopg/docs/connection.html?#connection.autocommit), optional, default True
+* `connect_timeout`: PostgreSQL connect_timeout, optional, default 5 seconds
 * `database`: PostgreSQL database
 * `host`: PostgreSQL host
 * `port`: PostgreSQL port
 * `user`: PostgreSQL user
 * `password`: PostgreSQL password
-* `sslmode`: FIXME
-* `autocommit`: FIXME
-* `table`: FIXME
+* `sslmode`: PostgreSQL sslmode
+* `table`: name of the database table into which events are to be inserted
 
 #### Installation Requirements
 
-```
-pip3 install psycopg2>=2.5.5
-```
+See [REQUIREMENTS.txt](../intelmq/bots/outputs/postgresql/REQUIREMENTS.txt)
+from your installation.
 
 #### PostgreSQL Installation
 
-* Install PostgreSQL, at least version 9.4 is recommended.
-
-```bash
-> apt-get install postgresql-9.4 python-psycopg2 postgresql-server-dev-9.4
-```
-
-* Create a User and Database:
-
-```shell
-> su - postgres
-> createuser intelmq -W
-  Shall the new role be a superuser? (y/n) n
-  Shall the new role be allowed to create databases? (y/n) y
-  Shall the new role be allowed to create more new roles? (y/n) n
-  Password: 
-
-> createdb -O intelmq --encoding='utf-8' intelmq-events
-```
-
-* Please note the --encoding='utf-8' in the line above! Without it, the output but will not be able to insert utf-8 data into the table.
-
-* Depending on your setup adjust `/etc/postgresql/9.4/main/pg_hba.conf` to allow network connections for the intelmq user.
-
-* Restart PostgreSQL.
-
-* Generate `initdb.sql` by using the [psql_initdb_generator.py](https://github.com/certtools/intelmq/blob/master/intelmq/bin/intelmq_psql_initdb.py) tool which extracts all field names and data types from `Data-Harmonization.md`.
-
-* Create the `events` table:
-
-```bash
-> psql intelmq-events < /tmp/initdb.sql # as intelmq user
-> psql -U intelmq intelmq-events -W < /tmp/initdb.sql # as other user
-```
-
+See [outputs/postgresql/README.md](../intelmq/bots/outputs/postgresql/README.md)
+from your installation.
 
 * * *
 
diff --git a/intelmq/bots/outputs/postgresql/README.md b/intelmq/bots/outputs/postgresql/README.md
index 427d0f9d05..5204af95aa 100644
--- a/intelmq/bots/outputs/postgresql/README.md
+++ b/intelmq/bots/outputs/postgresql/README.md
@@ -1,3 +1,20 @@
+You have two basic choices to run PostgreSQL:
+1. on the same machine as intelmq, then you could use unix-sockets if available on your platform
+2. on a different machine. In which case you would need to use a TCP connection and make sure you give the right connection parameters to each psql or client call.
+
+Make sure to consult your PostgreSQL documentation 
+about how to allow network connections and authentification in case 2.
+
+
+# PostgreSQL Version
+Any supported version of PostgreSQL should work 
+(v>=9.2 as of Oct 2016)[[1](https://www.postgresql.org/support/versioning/)].
+
+If you use PostgreSQL server v >= 9.4, it gives you the possibility 
+to use the time-zone [formatting string](https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.4/static/functions-formatting.html) "OF" for date-times 
+and the [GiST index for the cidr type](https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.4/static/release-9-4.html#AEN120769). This may be useful depending on how 
+you plan to use the events that this bot writes into the database.
+
 # How to install:
 
 Use `intelmq_psql_initdb` to create initial sql-statements
@@ -13,15 +30,20 @@ the expert/certbund_contact bot.)
 Therefore if still necessary: create the database-user
 as postgresql superuser, which usually is done via the system user `postgres`:
 ```
-createuser --encrypted --pwprompt intelmq
+createuser --no-superuser --no-createrole --no-createdb --encrypted --pwprompt intelmq
 ```
 
 Create the new database:
 ```
-createdb --owner=intelmq intelmq-events
+createdb --encoding='utf-8' --owner=intelmq intelmq-events
 ```
 
-Now initialise it as database-user `intelmq` (should ask for the password):
+(The encoding parameter should ensure the right encoding on platform
+where this is not the default.)
+
+Now initialise it as database-user `intelmq` (in this example
+a network connection to localhost is used, so you would get to test
+if the user `intelmq` can authenticate):
 ```
 psql -h localhost intelmq-events intelmq </tmp/initdb.sql
 ```