diff --git a/user_guide/changelog.html b/user_guide/changelog.html
index 945b104..3a17edd 100644
--- a/user_guide/changelog.html
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@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@
 <ul>
 	<li class="reactor">Added ENVIRONMENT to reserved constants. (Reactor #196)</li>
 	<li class="reactor">Changed server check to ensure SCRIPT_NAME is defined. (Reactor #57)</li>
+	<li class="reactor">Removed <samp>APPPATH.'third_party'</samp> from the packages autoloader to negate needless file stats if no packages exist or if the developer does not load any other packages by default.</li>
 </ul>
 
 <h2>Version 2.0.2</h2>
diff --git a/user_guide/installation/upgrade_203.html b/user_guide/installation/upgrade_203.html
index 4937cf2..38cfb72 100644
--- a/user_guide/installation/upgrade_203.html
+++ b/user_guide/installation/upgrade_203.html
@@ -83,6 +83,18 @@
 <h2>Step 5: Change references of the EXT constant to ".php"</h2>
 <p class="important"><strong>Note:</strong> The EXT Constant has been marked as deprecated, but has not been removed from the application.  You are encouraged to make the changes sooner rather than later.</p>
 
+<h2>Step 6: Remove APPPATH.'third_party' from autoload.php</h2>
+
+<p>Open application/autoload.php, and look for the following:</p>
+
+<code>$autoload['packages'] = array(APPPATH.'third_party');</code>
+
+<p>If you have not chosen to load any additional packages, that line can be changed to:</p>
+<code>$autoload['packages'] = array();</code>
+
+<p>Which should provide for nominal performance gains if not autoloading packages.</p>
+
+
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