diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/basics/chapter.xml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/basics/chapter.xml
index f34b0f9aa2..fb20a66083 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/basics/chapter.xml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/basics/chapter.xml
@@ -167,7 +167,11 @@ login:</screen>
 	(<filename>ttyv1</filename>),
 	<keycombo><keycap>Alt</keycap><keycap>F3</keycap></keycombo>
 	to access the second virtual console
-	(<filename>ttyv2</filename>), and so on.</para>
+	(<filename>ttyv2</filename>), and so on.
+	When using <application>&xorg;</application> as a graphical
+	console, the combination becomes <keycombo>
+	  <keycap>Ctrl</keycap><keycap>Alt</keycap><keycap>F1</keycap>
+	</keycombo> to return to a text-based virtual console.</para>
 
       <para>When switching from one console to the next, &os;
 	manages the screen output.  The result is an illusion of