diff --git a/docs/installation.rst b/docs/installation.rst
index c03718d9..30cb8cc9 100644
--- a/docs/installation.rst
+++ b/docs/installation.rst
@@ -35,6 +35,20 @@ It is recommended to install Percona software from official repositories:
 
       sudo yum install percona-toolkit
 
+.. rubric:: Generating an instance UUID for statistics
+	    
+During the installating process, the percona-toolkit installer records a unique
+identifier specific to the given percona-toolkit instance. This ID is a the
+product UUID stored in |product-uud|. The installer copies the product_uuid to
+|toolkit-uuid|.
+
+This unique identifier is used when collecting statistics about the usage of
+percona-toolkit. Note that no other information is gathered for this purpose.
+
+In cases when the installer is not able to read the contents of
+|product-uuid|, a random UUID is generated. A random UUID is
+also generated if percona-toolkit is run from the binary in the *tar.gz* file.
+      
 Alternative Install Methods
 ===========================
 
@@ -54,3 +68,6 @@ For example, to download the ``pt-summary`` tool, run::
 
  wget percona.com/get/pt-summary
 
+
+.. |toolkit-uuid| replace:: :file:`/etc/percona-toolkit/.percona.toolkit.uuid`
+.. |product-uuid| replace:: :file:`/sys/class/dmi/id/product_uuid`
diff --git a/docs/release_notes.rst b/docs/release_notes.rst
index 972d199a..a365fe41 100644
--- a/docs/release_notes.rst
+++ b/docs/release_notes.rst
@@ -6,15 +6,15 @@ v3.0.7 released
 
 New Features
 
-* :jirabug: PT-633  : Added --mysql-only option to pt-stalk for RDS
+* :jirabug:`PT-633`: Added --mysql-only option to ``pt-stalk`` for RDS
 
 Bug Fixes     
 
-* :jirabug: PT-244  : pt-online-schema-change --data-dir option broken for partitioned table
-* :jirabug: PT-1256 : pt-table-sync does not use the character set for the table it is synchronizing
-* :jirabug: PT-1455 : pt-osc is stuck when the table that is being altered is filtered out in the slave
-* :jirabug: PT-1485 : pt-mysql-summary has broken Security section in versions bigger then 5.6
-* :jirabug: PMM-1905: Explain fails if encounters negative "ntoreturn"
+* :jirabug:`PT-244`: The ``--data-dir`` option of ``pt-online-schema-change``  is broken for partitioned table
+* :jirabug:`PT-1256`: ``pt-table-sync`` does not use the character set for the table it is synchronizing
+* :jirabug:`PT-1455`: ``pt-osc`` is stuck when filtering out on the slave the table that is being altered
+* :jirabug:`PT-1485`: The *Security* section of ``pt-mysql-summary`` is broken  in versions bigger than 5.6
+* :jirabug:`PMM-1905`: ``Explain`` fails if it encounters a negative ``ntoreturn``
 
 Known Issues: