diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/kernelconfig/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/kernelconfig/chapter.sgml
index 453d0e3e3c..cab32ae9d4 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/kernelconfig/chapter.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/kernelconfig/chapter.sgml
@@ -422,6 +422,12 @@
       to the purpose or necessity of a line, check first in
       <filename>LINT</filename>.</para>
 
+    <note><para>In &os; 5.X and above the <filename>LINT</filename> is non-existant.
+      See the <filename>NOTES</filename> file for architecture dependant options.
+      Some options, mainly architecture independant ones, are stored in the
+      <filename>/usr/src/sys/conf/NOTES</filename> file.  Its advisable to review
+      the options in here also.</para></note>
+
     <important>
       <title>Quoting numbers</title>
 
@@ -489,7 +495,7 @@ cpu          I486_CPU
 cpu          I586_CPU
 cpu          I686_CPU</programlisting>
 
-    <para>The above specifies the type of CPU you have in your system.
+    <para>The above option specifies the type of CPU you have in your system.
       You may have multiple instances of the CPU line (i.e., you are not
       sure whether you should use <literal>I586_CPU</literal> or
       <literal>I686_CPU</literal>), however, for a custom kernel, it is
@@ -504,14 +510,6 @@ cpu          I686_CPU</programlisting>
       <secondary>cpu type</secondary>
     </indexterm>
 
-    <para>The Alpha architecture has different values for
-      <literal>cpu</literal>.  They include:</para>
-
-    <programlisting>cpu          EV4
-cpu          EV5</programlisting>
-
-    <para>If you are using an Alpha machine, you should be using one of
-      the above CPU types.</para>
     <indexterm>
       <primary>kernel options</primary>
       <secondary>ident</secondary>