diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/fdp-primer/doc-build/chapter.xml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/fdp-primer/doc-build/chapter.xml
index 26efed2eb4..d2ef3545dd 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/fdp-primer/doc-build/chapter.xml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/fdp-primer/doc-build/chapter.xml
@@ -36,6 +36,76 @@
   <para>This chapter covers organization of the documentation build
     process and how &man.make.1; is used to control it.</para>
 
+  <sect1 xml:id="doc-build-rendering">
+    <title>Rendering DocBook into Output</title>
+
+    <para>Different types of output can be produced from a single
+      DocBook source file.  The type of output desired is set with the
+      <varname>FORMATS</varname> variable.  A list of known formats is
+      stored in <varname>KNOWN_FORMATS</varname>:</para>
+
+    <screen xml:id="doc-build-rendering-known-formats">&prompt.user; <userinput>cd ~/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook</userinput>
+&prompt.user; <userinput>make -V KNOWN_FORMATS</userinput></screen>
+
+    <table xml:id="doc-build-rendering-common-formats" frame="none">
+      <title>Common Output Formats</title>
+
+      <tgroup cols="3">
+	<thead>
+	  <row>
+	    <entry><varname>FORMATS</varname> Value</entry>
+	    <entry>File Type</entry>
+	    <entry>Description</entry>
+	  </row>
+	</thead>
+
+	<tbody>
+	  <row>
+	    <entry><literal>html</literal></entry>
+	    <entry><acronym>HTML</acronym>, one file</entry>
+	    <entry>A single <filename>book.html</filename> or
+	      <filename>article.html</filename>.</entry>
+	  </row>
+
+	  <row>
+	    <entry><literal>html-split</literal></entry>
+	    <entry><acronym>HTML</acronym>, multiple files</entry>
+	    <entry>Multiple <acronym>HTML</acronym> files, one for
+	      each chapter or section, for use on a typical web
+	      site.</entry>
+	  </row>
+
+	  <row>
+	    <entry><literal>pdf</literal></entry>
+	    <entry><acronym>PDF</acronym></entry>
+	    <entry>Portable Document Format</entry>
+	  </row>
+	</tbody>
+      </tgroup>
+    </table>
+
+    <para>The default output format can vary by document, but is
+      usually <literal>html-split</literal>.  Other formats are chosen
+      by setting <varname>FORMATS</varname> to a specific value.
+      Multiple output formats can be created at a single time by
+      setting <varname>FORMATS</varname> to a list of formats.</para>
+
+    <example xml:id="doc-build-formats-example-html">
+      <title>Build a Single HTML Output File</title>
+
+      <screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>cd ~/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook</userinput>
+&prompt.user; <userinput>make FORMATS=html</userinput></screen>
+    </example>
+
+    <example xml:id="doc-build-formats-example-html-split-pdf">
+      <title>Build HTML-Split and <acronym>PDF</acronym> Output
+	Files</title>
+
+      <screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>cd ~/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook</userinput>
+&prompt.user; <userinput>make FORMATS="html-split pdf"</userinput></screen>
+    </example>
+  </sect1>
+
   <sect1 xml:id="doc-build-toolset">
     <title>The &os; Documentation Build Toolset</title>