diff --git a/handbook/slipc.sgml b/handbook/slipc.sgml
index fa581dfa1a..a98b1aff5c 100644
--- a/handbook/slipc.sgml
+++ b/handbook/slipc.sgml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $Id: slipc.sgml,v 1.11 1997-08-12 09:18:22 asami Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Id: slipc.sgml,v 1.12 1997-08-25 08:54:23 max Exp $ -->
 <!-- The FreeBSD Documentation Project -->
 
 <sect><heading>Setting up a SLIP Client<label id="slipc"></heading>
@@ -48,15 +48,15 @@ so this will not be a problem unless you deleted it.
 <item>Make sure you have "hosts" before "bind" in your <tt>/etc/host.conf</tt>.
     Otherwise, funny things may happen.
 
-<item>Edit the file <tt>/etc/rc.conf</tt>.
+<item>Edit the file <tt>/etc/rc.conf</tt>.  Note that you should edit
+the file <tt>/etc/sysconfig</tt> instead if you are running FreeBSD
+previous to version 2.2.2.
 <enum>
 <item>Set your hostname by editing the line that says:
 <verb>
 hostname=myname.my.domain
 </verb>
     You should give it your full Internet hostname.
-    In versions of FreeBSD previous to 2.2.2, this information
-    is actually in <tt>/etc/sysconfig</tt>
 
 <item>Add sl0 to the list of network interfaces by changing the line
 that says: