diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/basics/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/basics/chapter.sgml
index 594f3852d2..fa269d291c 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/basics/chapter.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/basics/chapter.sgml
@@ -306,22 +306,19 @@ options SC_PIXEL_MODE</programlisting>
       <para>Once the kernel has been recompiled with these two
 	options, you can then determine what video modes are supported
 	by your hardware by using the &man.vidcontrol.1; utility.  To
-	get a list of supported video modes, type the following in a
-	root console:</para>
+	get a list of supported video modes issue the following:</para>
 
       <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>vidcontrol -i mode</userinput></screen>
 
       <para>The output of this command is a list of video modes that
 	are supported by your hardware.  You can then choose to use a
-	new video mode by passing it to vidcontrol in a root console,
-	as in this example:</para>
+	new video mode by passing it to &man.vidcontrol.1; in a <username>root</username> console:</para>
 
       <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>vidcontrol MODE_279</userinput></screen>
 
       <para>If the new video mode is acceptable, it can be permanently
-	set on boot by including the following in your
-	<filename>/etc/rc.conf</filename> file, again using the above
-	example:</para>
+	set on boot by setting it in the <filename>/etc/rc.conf</filename>
+	file:</para>
 
       <programlisting>allscreens_flags="MODE_279"</programlisting>
     </sect2>