diff --git a/en/gnome/index.sgml b/en/gnome/index.sgml
index 7e963505b3..0e6de07afd 100644
--- a/en/gnome/index.sgml
+++ b/en/gnome/index.sgml
@@ -62,17 +62,41 @@
 <TR>
 <TD ALIGN="justify">
 <P><BIG><B>Welcome to the Home of the Gnome . . . the FreeBSD GNOME!</B></BIG></P>
+<P>
+The GNOME project was born as an effort to create an entirely free
+desktop environment for free systems.  From the start, the main
+objective of GNOME has been to provide a user friendly suite of
+applications and an easy-to-use desktop.  The FreeBSD GNOME Project
+strives to bring GNOME to the FreeBSD user.</P>
+<P>
+As with most GNU programs, GNOME has been designed to run on all modern
+Unix-like operating systems.  Through the efforts for the FreeBSD
+GNOME Project, those operating systems include FreeBSD.</P>
+<P>
+The GNOME project has expanded its objectives over the past few months
+to include addressing a number of problems in the existing Unix 
+infrastructure.</P>
+<P>
+The GNOME project acts as an umbrella, the major
+components of GNOME are:</P>
+<ul>
+	<li>The GNOME desktop:  An easy to use windows-based
+	environment for users.
+	<li>The <a href="http://developer.gnome.org">GNOME development
+	platform</a>:  A rich collection of tools, libraries,
+	and components to develop powerful applications on Unix.
+	<li>The <a href="http://www.gnome.org/gnome-office">GNOME
+	Office</a>:  A set of office productivity applications.
+</ul>
 
 <P>We currently support 4.x and 5-CURRENT FreeBSD Systems
 for GNOME 1.4.0.3.  Anything prior to FreeBSD 4.1 is not
-supported.
-</P>
+supported.  Most of GNOME has been ported to FreeBSD;
+however, there's plenty left to do!</P>
 
 <P><BIG><B>Newsflash!</B></BIG>  We're UP!  We're running!  We're churning out 
 patches and ports as fast as we can make the keyboards work!  See 
-<A HREF="newsflash.html">Newsflash page</A> for details.
-</P>
-
+<A HREF="newsflash.html">Newsflash page</A> for details.</P>
 </TD>
 </tr>
 </TABLE>
diff --git a/en/gnome/index.xsl b/en/gnome/index.xsl
index 7e963505b3..0e6de07afd 100644
--- a/en/gnome/index.xsl
+++ b/en/gnome/index.xsl
@@ -62,17 +62,41 @@
 <TR>
 <TD ALIGN="justify">
 <P><BIG><B>Welcome to the Home of the Gnome . . . the FreeBSD GNOME!</B></BIG></P>
+<P>
+The GNOME project was born as an effort to create an entirely free
+desktop environment for free systems.  From the start, the main
+objective of GNOME has been to provide a user friendly suite of
+applications and an easy-to-use desktop.  The FreeBSD GNOME Project
+strives to bring GNOME to the FreeBSD user.</P>
+<P>
+As with most GNU programs, GNOME has been designed to run on all modern
+Unix-like operating systems.  Through the efforts for the FreeBSD
+GNOME Project, those operating systems include FreeBSD.</P>
+<P>
+The GNOME project has expanded its objectives over the past few months
+to include addressing a number of problems in the existing Unix 
+infrastructure.</P>
+<P>
+The GNOME project acts as an umbrella, the major
+components of GNOME are:</P>
+<ul>
+	<li>The GNOME desktop:  An easy to use windows-based
+	environment for users.
+	<li>The <a href="http://developer.gnome.org">GNOME development
+	platform</a>:  A rich collection of tools, libraries,
+	and components to develop powerful applications on Unix.
+	<li>The <a href="http://www.gnome.org/gnome-office">GNOME
+	Office</a>:  A set of office productivity applications.
+</ul>
 
 <P>We currently support 4.x and 5-CURRENT FreeBSD Systems
 for GNOME 1.4.0.3.  Anything prior to FreeBSD 4.1 is not
-supported.
-</P>
+supported.  Most of GNOME has been ported to FreeBSD;
+however, there's plenty left to do!</P>
 
 <P><BIG><B>Newsflash!</B></BIG>  We're UP!  We're running!  We're churning out 
 patches and ports as fast as we can make the keyboards work!  See 
-<A HREF="newsflash.html">Newsflash page</A> for details.
-</P>
-
+<A HREF="newsflash.html">Newsflash page</A> for details.</P>
 </TD>
 </tr>
 </TABLE>