diff --git a/ext/fts5/fts5.h b/ext/fts5/fts5.h
index c8cf779220..c123d6444c 100644
--- a/ext/fts5/fts5.h
+++ b/ext/fts5/fts5.h
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 
 typedef struct Fts5ExtensionApi Fts5ExtensionApi;
 typedef struct Fts5Context Fts5Context;
+typedef struct Fts5PhraseIter Fts5PhraseIter;
 
 typedef void (*fts5_extension_function)(
   const Fts5ExtensionApi *pApi,   /* API offered by current FTS version */
@@ -41,6 +42,11 @@ typedef void (*fts5_extension_function)(
   sqlite3_value **apVal           /* Array of trailing arguments */
 );
 
+struct Fts5PhraseIter {
+  const unsigned char *a;
+  const unsigned char *b;
+};
+
 /*
 ** EXTENSION API FUNCTIONS
 **
@@ -174,6 +180,30 @@ typedef void (*fts5_extension_function)(
 **   In other words, the same value that would be returned by:
 **
 **        SELECT count(*) FROM ftstable;
+**
+** xPhraseFirst()
+**   This function is used, along with type Fts5PhraseIter and the xPhraseNext
+**   method, to iterate through all instances of a single query phrase within
+**   the current row. This is the same information as is accessible via the
+**   xInstCount/xInst APIs. While the xInstCount/xInst APIs are more convenient
+**   to use, this API may be faster under some circumstances. To iterate 
+**   through instances of phrase iPhrase, use the following code:
+**
+**       Fts5PhraseIter iter;
+**       int iCol, iOff;
+**       for(pApi->xPhraseFirst(pFts, iPhrase, &iter, &iCol, &iOff);
+**           iOff>=0;
+**           pApi->xPhraseNext(pFts, &iter, &iCol, &iOff)
+**       ){
+**         // An instance of phrase iPhrase at offset iOff of column iCol
+**       }
+**
+**   The Fts5PhraseIter structure is defined above. Applications should not
+**   modify this structure directly - it should only be used as shown above
+**   with the xPhraseFirst() and xPhraseNext() API methods.
+**
+** xPhraseNext()
+**   See xPhraseFirst above.
 */
 struct Fts5ExtensionApi {
   int iVersion;                   /* Currently always set to 1 */
@@ -205,6 +235,9 @@ struct Fts5ExtensionApi {
   );
   int (*xSetAuxdata)(Fts5Context*, void *pAux, void(*xDelete)(void*));
   void *(*xGetAuxdata)(Fts5Context*, int bClear);
+
+  void (*xPhraseFirst)(Fts5Context*, int iPhrase, Fts5PhraseIter*, int*, int*);
+  void (*xPhraseNext)(Fts5Context*, Fts5PhraseIter*, int *piCol, int *piOff);
 };
 
 /* 
diff --git a/ext/fts5/fts5_main.c b/ext/fts5/fts5_main.c
index cde5575e43..5115fe7d96 100644
--- a/ext/fts5/fts5_main.c
+++ b/ext/fts5/fts5_main.c
@@ -197,6 +197,8 @@ struct Fts5Cursor {
   Fts5Auxdata *pAuxdata;          /* First in linked list of saved aux-data */
 
   /* Cache used by auxiliary functions xInst() and xInstCount() */
+  Fts5PoslistReader *aInstIter;   /* One for each phrase */
+  int nInstAlloc;                 /* Size of aInst[] array (entries / 3) */
   int nInstCount;                 /* Number of phrase instances */
   int *aInst;                     /* 3 integers per phrase instance */
 };
@@ -617,6 +619,7 @@ static void fts5FreeCursorComponents(Fts5Cursor *pCsr){
   Fts5Auxdata *pData;
   Fts5Auxdata *pNext;
 
+  sqlite3_free(pCsr->aInstIter);
   sqlite3_free(pCsr->aInst);
   if( pCsr->pStmt ){
     int eStmt = fts5StmtType(pCsr);
@@ -1535,13 +1538,15 @@ static int fts5CacheInstArray(Fts5Cursor *pCsr){
   if( CsrFlagTest(pCsr, FTS5CSR_REQUIRE_INST) ){
     Fts5PoslistReader *aIter;     /* One iterator for each phrase */
     int nIter;                    /* Number of iterators/phrases */
-    int nByte;
     
     nIter = sqlite3Fts5ExprPhraseCount(pCsr->pExpr);
-    nByte = sizeof(Fts5PoslistReader) * nIter;
-    aIter = (Fts5PoslistReader*)sqlite3Fts5MallocZero(&rc, nByte);
+    if( pCsr->aInstIter==0 ){
+      int nByte = sizeof(Fts5PoslistReader) * nIter;
+      pCsr->aInstIter = (Fts5PoslistReader*)sqlite3Fts5MallocZero(&rc, nByte);
+    }
+    aIter = pCsr->aInstIter;
+
     if( aIter ){
-      Fts5Buffer buf = {0, 0, 0}; /* Build up aInst[] here */
       int nInst = 0;              /* Number instances seen so far */
       int i;
 
@@ -1562,22 +1567,30 @@ static int fts5CacheInstArray(Fts5Cursor *pCsr){
             iBest = i;
           }
         }
-
         if( iBest<0 ) break;
-        nInst++;
-        if( sqlite3Fts5BufferGrow(&rc, &buf, nInst * sizeof(int) * 3) ) break;
 
-        aInst = &((int*)buf.p)[3 * (nInst-1)];
+        nInst++;
+        if( nInst>=pCsr->nInstAlloc ){
+          pCsr->nInstAlloc = pCsr->nInstAlloc ? pCsr->nInstAlloc*2 : 32;
+          aInst = (int*)sqlite3_realloc(
+              pCsr->aInst, pCsr->nInstAlloc*sizeof(int)*3
+          );
+          if( aInst ){
+            pCsr->aInst = aInst;
+          }else{
+            rc = SQLITE_NOMEM;
+            break;
+          }
+        }
+
+        aInst = &pCsr->aInst[3 * (nInst-1)];
         aInst[0] = iBest;
         aInst[1] = FTS5_POS2COLUMN(aIter[iBest].iPos);
         aInst[2] = FTS5_POS2OFFSET(aIter[iBest].iPos);
         sqlite3Fts5PoslistReaderNext(&aIter[iBest]);
       }
 
-      sqlite3_free(pCsr->aInst);
-      pCsr->aInst = (int*)buf.p;
       pCsr->nInstCount = nInst;
-      sqlite3_free(aIter);
       CsrFlagClear(pCsr, FTS5CSR_REQUIRE_INST);
     }
   }
@@ -1757,12 +1770,47 @@ static void *fts5ApiGetAuxdata(Fts5Context *pCtx, int bClear){
   return pRet;
 }
 
+static void fts5ApiPhraseNext(
+  Fts5Context *pCtx, 
+  Fts5PhraseIter *pIter, 
+  int *piCol, int *piOff
+){
+  if( pIter->a>=pIter->b ){
+    *piCol = -1;
+    *piOff = -1;
+  }else{
+    int iVal;
+    pIter->a += fts5GetVarint32(pIter->a, iVal);
+    if( iVal==1 ){
+      pIter->a += fts5GetVarint32(pIter->a, iVal);
+      *piCol = iVal;
+      *piOff = 0;
+      pIter->a += fts5GetVarint32(pIter->a, iVal);
+    }
+    *piOff += (iVal-2);
+  }
+}
+
+static void fts5ApiPhraseFirst(
+  Fts5Context *pCtx, 
+  int iPhrase, 
+  Fts5PhraseIter *pIter, 
+  int *piCol, int *piOff
+){
+  Fts5Cursor *pCsr = (Fts5Cursor*)pCtx;
+  int n = fts5CsrPoslist(pCsr, iPhrase, &pIter->a);
+  pIter->b = &pIter->a[n];
+  *piCol = 0;
+  *piOff = 0;
+  fts5ApiPhraseNext(pCtx, pIter, piCol, piOff);
+}
+
 static int fts5ApiQueryPhrase(Fts5Context*, int, void*, 
     int(*)(const Fts5ExtensionApi*, Fts5Context*, void*)
 );
 
 static const Fts5ExtensionApi sFts5Api = {
-  1,                            /* iVersion */
+  2,                            /* iVersion */
   fts5ApiUserData,
   fts5ApiColumnCount,
   fts5ApiRowCount,
@@ -1778,6 +1826,8 @@ static const Fts5ExtensionApi sFts5Api = {
   fts5ApiQueryPhrase,
   fts5ApiSetAuxdata,
   fts5ApiGetAuxdata,
+  fts5ApiPhraseFirst,
+  fts5ApiPhraseNext,
 };
 
 
diff --git a/ext/fts5/fts5_test_mi.c b/ext/fts5/fts5_test_mi.c
index 55fccd62e5..8ebf5f5077 100644
--- a/ext/fts5/fts5_test_mi.c
+++ b/ext/fts5/fts5_test_mi.c
@@ -128,23 +128,21 @@ static int fts5MatchinfoXCb(
   Fts5Context *pFts,
   void *pUserData
 ){
+  Fts5PhraseIter iter;
+  int iCol, iOff;
   u32 *aOut = (u32*)pUserData;
-  int nCol = pApi->xColumnCount(pFts);
-  int nInst;
   int iPrev = -1;
-  int rc;
-  int i;
 
-  rc = pApi->xInstCount(pFts, &nInst);
-  for(i=0; rc==SQLITE_OK && i<nInst; i++){
-    int iPhrase, iCol, iOff;
-    rc = pApi->xInst(pFts, i, &iPhrase, &iCol, &iOff);
-    aOut[iCol*3 + 1]++;
+  for(pApi->xPhraseFirst(pFts, 0, &iter, &iCol, &iOff); 
+      iOff>=0; 
+      pApi->xPhraseNext(pFts, &iter, &iCol, &iOff)
+  ){
+    aOut[iCol*3+1]++;
     if( iCol!=iPrev ) aOut[iCol*3 + 2]++;
     iPrev = iCol;
   }
 
-  return rc;
+  return SQLITE_OK;
 }
 
 static int fts5MatchinfoGlobalCb(
@@ -216,8 +214,8 @@ static int fts5MatchinfoLocalCb(
     case 'b': 
     case 'x':
     case 'y': {
-      int nInst;
       int nMul = (f=='x' ? 3 : 1);
+      int iPhrase;
 
       if( f=='b' ){
         int nInt = ((p->nCol + 31) / 32) * p->nPhrase;
@@ -226,14 +224,18 @@ static int fts5MatchinfoLocalCb(
         for(i=0; i<(p->nCol*p->nPhrase); i++) aOut[i*nMul] = 0;
       }
 
-      rc = pApi->xInstCount(pFts, &nInst);
-      for(i=0; rc==SQLITE_OK && i<nInst; i++){
-        int iPhrase, iOff, iCol = 0;
-        rc = pApi->xInst(pFts, i, &iPhrase, &iCol, &iOff);
-        if( f=='b' ){
-          aOut[iPhrase * ((p->nCol+31)/32) + iCol/32] |= ((u32)1 << (iCol%32));
-        }else{
-          aOut[nMul * (iCol + iPhrase * p->nCol)]++;
+      for(iPhrase=0; iPhrase<p->nPhrase; iPhrase++){
+        Fts5PhraseIter iter;
+        int iOff, iCol;
+        for(pApi->xPhraseFirst(pFts, iPhrase, &iter, &iCol, &iOff); 
+            iOff>=0; 
+            pApi->xPhraseNext(pFts, &iter, &iCol, &iOff)
+        ){
+          if( f=='b' ){
+            aOut[iPhrase * ((p->nCol+31)/32) + iCol/32] |= ((u32)1 << iCol%32);
+          }else{
+            aOut[nMul * (iCol + iPhrase * p->nCol)]++;
+          }
         }
       }
 
@@ -387,9 +389,8 @@ int sqlite3Fts5TestRegisterMatchinfo(sqlite3 *db){
   /* If fts5_api_from_db() returns NULL, then either FTS5 is not registered
   ** with this database handle, or an error (OOM perhaps?) has occurred.
   **
-  ** Also check that the fts5_api object is version 1 or newer (there 
-  ** is no actual version of FTS5 that would return an API object of version
-  ** 0, but FTS5 extensions should check the API version before using it). */
+  ** Also check that the fts5_api object is version 2 or newer.  
+  */ 
   if( pApi==0 || pApi->iVersion<1 ){
     return SQLITE_ERROR;
   }
diff --git a/manifest b/manifest
index ba0b4f4ad2..f14c5e00be 100644
--- a/manifest
+++ b/manifest
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-C Merge\sfixes\sfrom\sthe\sfts5NoWarn\sbranch.
-D 2015-08-11T14:25:34.036
+C Add\sthe\sxPhraseFirst()\sand\sxPhraseNext()\sfts5\sAPIs,\sfor\sfaster\siteration\sthrough\sa\ssingle\sphrases\sposition\slist.\sAlso\soptimize\sxInst()\sand\sxInstCount()\sa\sbit.
+D 2015-08-12T12:11:28.744
 F Makefile.arm-wince-mingw32ce-gcc d6df77f1f48d690bd73162294bbba7f59507c72f
 F Makefile.in 2fc9ca6bf5949d415801c007ed3004a4bdb7c380
 F Makefile.linux-gcc 91d710bdc4998cb015f39edf3cb314ec4f4d7e23
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ F ext/fts3/unicode/UnicodeData.txt cd07314edb62d49fde34debdaf92fa2aa69011e7
 F ext/fts3/unicode/mkunicode.tcl 95cf7ec186e48d4985e433ff8a1c89090a774252
 F ext/fts3/unicode/parseunicode.tcl da577d1384810fb4e2b209bf3313074353193e95
 F ext/fts5/extract_api_docs.tcl 06583c935f89075ea0b32f85efa5dd7619fcbd03
-F ext/fts5/fts5.h 458a044344e96a7a3df38839f756aee105829303
+F ext/fts5/fts5.h 1950ec0544de667a24c1d8af9b2fde5db7db3bc9
 F ext/fts5/fts5Int.h 45f2ceb3c030f70e2cc4c199e9f700c2f2367f77
 F ext/fts5/fts5_aux.c 044cb176a815f4388308738437f6e130aa384fb0
 F ext/fts5/fts5_buffer.c 80f9ba4431848cb857e3d2158f5280093dcd8015
@@ -113,10 +113,10 @@ F ext/fts5/fts5_config.c fdfa63ae8e527ecfaa50f94063c610429cc887cf
 F ext/fts5/fts5_expr.c 495b24f47f4d71b63339572a5beaf9f6e1b486fe
 F ext/fts5/fts5_hash.c 4bf4b99708848357b8a2b5819e509eb6d3df9246
 F ext/fts5/fts5_index.c 076c4995bf06a6d1559a6e31f9a86b90f2105374
-F ext/fts5/fts5_main.c 4c8af0015aaf1db2c81df4f617840a921360ef50
+F ext/fts5/fts5_main.c c5ff6eb7de5fe8e062b54bbee2b1936901533685
 F ext/fts5/fts5_storage.c 22ec9b5d35a39e2b5b65daf4ba7cd47fbb2d0df5
 F ext/fts5/fts5_tcl.c 96a3b9e982c4a64a242eefd752fa6669cd405a67
-F ext/fts5/fts5_test_mi.c c42a34590d9393d2aa0b959398261810ca976d05
+F ext/fts5/fts5_test_mi.c 80a9e86fb4c5b6b58f8fefac05e9b96d1a6574e1
 F ext/fts5/fts5_tokenize.c 2836f6728bd74c7efac7487f5d9c27ca3e1b509c
 F ext/fts5/fts5_unicode2.c 78273fbd588d1d9bd0a7e4e0ccc9207348bae33c
 F ext/fts5/fts5_varint.c 3f86ce09cab152e3d45490d7586b7ed2e40c13f1
@@ -1372,7 +1372,7 @@ F tool/vdbe_profile.tcl 67746953071a9f8f2f668b73fe899074e2c6d8c1
 F tool/warnings-clang.sh f6aa929dc20ef1f856af04a730772f59283631d4
 F tool/warnings.sh 48bd54594752d5be3337f12c72f28d2080cb630b
 F tool/win/sqlite.vsix deb315d026cc8400325c5863eef847784a219a2f
-P fd5608fb20831f1f1946c8941445b7acc463a143 0ddb2532b2daaaf1b0109ac360822f84cb999b7f
-R f656c6f9b0efdad10e9de9eeca5d30e2
+P 61cb2fc6c12810863c965c74e90bc502e20cf810
+R d3b6dadb6d0d16c8d1ad296c14b96300
 U dan
-Z a8d5c370bccbd577084eb4f30439c21a
+Z 2a4c5177ad3c19913de9e61965a0ba07
diff --git a/manifest.uuid b/manifest.uuid
index c74c503c56..24756f2611 100644
--- a/manifest.uuid
+++ b/manifest.uuid
@@ -1 +1 @@
-61cb2fc6c12810863c965c74e90bc502e20cf810
\ No newline at end of file
+f7682435278419829a46bb4cc9b5625d46549e22
\ No newline at end of file