diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11/chapter.sgml
index 029d510a1d..f639dc69be 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11/chapter.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11/chapter.sgml
@@ -530,7 +530,7 @@ EndSection</programlisting>
 
         <programlisting>agp_load="YES"</programlisting>
 
-        <para>Next, a device node needs to be created for the
+        <para>Next, if you are running FreeBSD&nbsp;4.X or earlier, a device node needs to be created for the
           programming interface.  To create the AGP device node, run
           &man.MAKEDEV.8; in the <filename>/dev</filename>
           directory:</para>
@@ -538,6 +538,12 @@ EndSection</programlisting>
         <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>cd /dev</userinput>
 &prompt.root; <userinput>sh MAKEDEV agpgart</userinput></screen>
 
+	<note>
+	  <para>FreeBSD&nbsp;5.X or later, use &man.devfs.5; to allocate
+	    device nodes transparently for the user, therefore you do
+	    not have to run &man.MAKEDEV.8;.</para>
+	</note>
+
         <para>This will allow configuration of the hardware as any other
           graphics board.</para>