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@@ -19,7 +19,22 @@ they can be configured.
 
 The legacy tokenizer implements the analysis algorithms of older Nominatim
 versions. It uses a special Postgresql module to normalize names and queries.
-This tokenizer is currently the default.
+This tokenizer is automatically installed and used when upgrading an older
+database. It should not be used for new installations anymore.
+
+### Compiling the PostgreSQL module
+
+The tokeinzer needs a special C module for PostgreSQL which is not compiled
+by default. If you need the legacy tokenizer, compile Nominatim as follows:
+
+```
+mkdir build
+cd build
+cmake -DBUILD_MODULE=on
+make
+```
+
+### Enabling the tokenizer
 
 To enable the tokenizer add the following line to your project configuration:
 
@@ -47,6 +62,7 @@ normalization functions are hard-coded.
 The ICU tokenizer uses the [ICU library](http://site.icu-project.org/) to
 normalize names and queries. It also offers configurable decomposition and
 abbreviation handling.
+This tokenizer is currently the default.
 
 To enable the tokenizer add the following line to your project configuration:
 
@@ -189,6 +205,23 @@ The following is a list of sanitizers that are shipped with Nominatim.
     rendering:
         heading_level: 6
 
+##### clean-postcodes
+
+::: nominatim.tokenizer.sanitizers.clean_postcodes
+    selection:
+        members: False
+    rendering:
+        heading_level: 6
+
+##### clean-tiger-tags
+
+::: nominatim.tokenizer.sanitizers.clean_tiger_tags
+    selection:
+        members: False
+    rendering:
+        heading_level: 6
+
+
 
 #### Token Analysis
 
@@ -206,15 +239,20 @@ by a sanitizer (see for example the
 The token-analysis section contains the list of configured analyzers. Each
 analyzer must have an `id` parameter that uniquely identifies the analyzer.
 The only exception is the default analyzer that is used when no special
-analyzer was selected.
+analyzer was selected. There are analysers with special ids:
+
+ * '@housenumber'. If an analyzer with that name is present, it is used
+   for normalization of house numbers.
+ * '@potcode'. If an analyzer with that name is present, it is used
+   for normalization of postcodes.
 
 Different analyzer implementations may exist. To select the implementation,
-the `analyzer` parameter must be set. Currently there is only one implementation
-`generic` which is described in the following.
+the `analyzer` parameter must be set. The different implementations are
+described in the following.
 
 ##### Generic token analyzer
 
-The generic analyzer is able to create variants from a list of given
+The generic analyzer `generic` is able to create variants from a list of given
 abbreviation and decomposition replacements and introduce spelling variations.
 
 ###### Variants
@@ -331,6 +369,22 @@ the mode by adding:
 
 to the analyser configuration.
 
+##### Housenumber token analyzer
+
+The analyzer `housenumbers` is purpose-made to analyze house numbers. It
+creates variants with optional spaces between numbers and letters. Thus,
+house numbers of the form '3 a', '3A', '3-A' etc. are all considered equivalent.
+
+The analyzer cannot be customized.
+
+##### Postcode token analyzer
+
+The analyzer `postcodes` is pupose-made to analyze postcodes. It supports
+a 'lookup' varaint of the token, which produces variants with optional
+spaces. Use together with the clean-postcodes sanitizer.
+
+The analyzer cannot be customized.
+
 ### Reconfiguration
 
 Changing the configuration after the import is currently not possible, although