diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/disks/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/disks/chapter.sgml
index 5c036d6437..2cc52a1d76 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/disks/chapter.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/disks/chapter.sgml
@@ -200,8 +200,9 @@
       2^32-1 and a length of no more than 2^32-1, limiting partitions to
       2TB and disks to 4TB in most cases.  The &man.sunlabel.8; format
       is limited to 2^32-1 sectors per partition and 8 partitions for
-      a total of 16TB. For larger disks, &man.gpt.8; partitions may be
-      used.</para>
+      a total of 16TB.  For larger disks, &man.gpart.8; may be used to
+      create <acronym>GPT</acronym> partitions.  <acronym>GPT</acronym>
+      has the added benefit of not being limited to 4 slices.</para>
 
     <sect2>
       <title>Using &man.sysinstall.8;</title>