diff --git a/doc/doc_pgloader.rest b/doc/doc_pgloader.rest
index 97bfd80..92578d6 100644
--- a/doc/doc_pgloader.rest
+++ b/doc/doc_pgloader.rest
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ pgloader
 	Jean-Paul Argudo <jean-paul.argudo@dalibo.com>
 
 :Version:
-	$Id: doc_pgloader.rest,v 1.1 2005-11-21 16:05:50 jpargudo Exp $
+	$Id: doc_pgloader.rest,v 1.2 2006-03-28 21:39:25 jpargudo Exp $
+:Type:
+    User manual
 
 :Comment:
 	pgLoader v.1.x documentation (install, usage and example)
@@ -132,12 +134,20 @@ The corresponding file "foo.conf" for the above datafile is the following: ::
  file_sepchar	= ;
  #nulls		= NULL
  quote 		= "
+ file_is_utf8   = 0
 
 Note that separation character is set to ";" and that quoting is specifyied 
 with the character double-quote: "
 
 Inserts will be commited each 1000, per blocks of 1000 rows at a time.
 
+The datafile nor the database is in utf-8, so the parameter *file_is_utf8* is
+set to 0. Set it to 1 otherwise: when both database and datafile are in utf-8.
+
+Since ``pgctl`` internals run in utf-8, the data must be converted *on the
+fly* to utf-8 when reading the datafile, thats why pgloader needs to know how
+is the datafile like, utf-8 or not.
+
 
 pgloader execution
 ------------------
diff --git a/pgloader.conf b/pgloader.conf
index 54df66b..a432739 100644
--- a/pgloader.conf
+++ b/pgloader.conf
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# $Id: pgloader.conf,v 1.3 2005-11-21 16:05:50 jpargudo Exp $
+# $Id: pgloader.conf,v 1.4 2006-03-28 21:39:25 jpargudo Exp $
 # ----
 # Conversion parameter file for pgloader
 #
@@ -15,8 +15,22 @@
 
 table_name		= my_table
 table_columns		= column1, column2, ...
-file_format		= COPY # COPY or CSV or MSCSV
+
+file_format		= COPY 
+# COPY or CSV or MSCSV
+
 group_size		= 1000
-# file_sepchar		= ;  # , (default) or ; or other
-# nulls			= '' # NULL or '' or other
-# quote 		= "  # how your strings are quoted in the CSV file
+
+# file_sepchar		= ;  
+# , (default) or ; or other
+
+# nulls			= ''
+# NULL or '' or other
+
+# quote 		= "  
+# how your strings are quoted in the CSV file
+
+file_is_utf8            = 0
+# how the datafile and database are encoded: utf8/unicode or not?
+# 0=NO   # if utf8, both data file and
+# 1=YES  # database must be in utf8