diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install/chapter.sgml
index af0dd07631..03fe4c0b95 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install/chapter.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install/chapter.sgml
@@ -4505,7 +4505,8 @@ failed.  Would you like to try again?
 
       <para>The password will need to be typed in twice correctly.  Needless to
 	say, make sure you have a way of finding the password if you
-	forget.</para>
+	forget.  Notice that the password you type in is not echoed, nor
+	are asterisks displayed.</para>
 
       <screen>Changing local password for root. 
 New password :