diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index e60905cccb2..c79d41f32df 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -1577,13 +1577,18 @@ X
     fi
 
     if test "$PHP_SIGCHILD" != "yes"; then
+      if test "$PHP_OCI8_INSTANT_CLIENT" = "no"; then
 cat <<X
 +--------------------------------------------------------------------+
 | Notice:                                                            |
-| If you encounter <defunc> processes when using a local Oracle-DB   |
-| please recompile PHP and specify --enable-sigchild when configuring|
-| (This problem has been reported under Linux using Oracle >= 8.1.5) |
+| If you encounter <defunc> processes when using a local Oracle      |
+| database, set the value BEQUEATH_DETACH=YES in Oracle Net's        |
+| sqlnet.ora file on the PHP host, or set the environment variable   |
+| BEQUEATH_DETACH to YES before starting Apache.  If the problem     |
+| still occurs, then recompile PHP and specify --enable-sigchild     |
+| when configuring.                                                  |
 X
+      fi
     fi
   fi